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Suspended sentence for father-of-four who received child rape clip to mobile phone

Summary

Prince Ajibola, a 50‑year‑old father of four from Castlegate Place, Adamstown, Lucan, pleaded guilty in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possessing a child‑pornography clip that showed a child under five being raped. The clip, sent to his phone via WhatsApp on 20 July 2016, was discovered when his two mobile phones were seized after his arrest at Dublin Airport on 1 September 2016. Ajibola admitted he had only viewed the clip once, then shut it down, and claimed he had forgotten it was on his phone. He denied forwarding it to anyone. The judge, citing his early guilty plea, remorse and cooperation, imposed a one‑year suspended sentence and ordered that he be entered on the sex offenders register. The sender of the clip has pleaded guilty to distribution and will be sentenced next month.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for father-of-four who received child rape clip to mobile phone. Charges or matters: a single count of possessing the pornographic material on September 1, 2016; the distribution of child pornography and will be sentenced next month. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• September 1, 2016 Incident
• September 1 Incident
• July 20, 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2018-03-15 Publication

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