Austin Odibei receives suspended sentence for possession of child sexual abuse material

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Austin Odibei received an 18-month prison sentence, reduced from two years and suspended for three years, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material. Judge Orla Crowe imposed the suspension on condition that he maintained good behaviour and kept the peace. The proceedings were reported on 20 February 2026.

The court ordered the state to destroy a phone and digital camera and rejected a €1,000 reparation offer. The case followed a March 2019 Google alert and an April 2019 home search that found 15 files. Defence counsel said Odibei accepted responsibility for material on the camera but denied accessing or viewing it; Gardaí said he had not made that claim during initial questioning. Counsel also said files on the phone had been sent by a third party, while An Garda Siochana argued they had been uploaded to Google cloud from his personal device.