Albaraa Turkistani jailed for 16 months over child abuse material

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Albaraa Turkistani was jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard he had 272 images and 159 videos of children and babies. Judge Martin Nolan said the offence warranted custody, despite mitigating factors including Turkistani’s lack of previous convictions.

The court heard the material was found on a laptop after gardaí acted on information from German Interpol. Turkistani received a three-and-a-half-year sentence, with the final two years and two months suspended subject to conditions.