Cathal Forde jailed for child pornography image offences

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Cathal Forde was jailed for 16 months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, as reported on 16 May 2018, after pleading guilty to child pornography offences.

The Dublin plumber admitted possessing 4,168 images, distributing some files and producing fictional text documents containing child pornography.

The case took three years to come to court because of a backlog in the relevant Garda unit, according to evidence reported at the hearing.

The court was told Forde co-operated with gardaí and had no previous convictions.