Ben Mooney's child pornography sentence adjourned

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Ben Mooney's sentence for knowingly possessing child pornography was adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported in October 2018.

Mooney had pleaded guilty to possessing 4,000 images and 300 videos on a mobile phone at his Shankill home on 5 January 2016. Judge Melanie Greally ordered a Probation Service report and adjourned sentencing to January for a plea in mitigation.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.