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Garda convicted of having child porn
Summary
Joseph O'Connor, a 58‑year‑old Garda from west Dublin, was found guilty by a jury of possessing child pornography. He had pleaded not guilty to five counts of possession of child pornography at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The charges related to images and videos seized from his home on 2 August 2011, when Gardaí investigating other allegations seized a laptop. Analysis of the laptop revealed videos in the recycle bin of boys under ten and under 17 being subjected to sexual acts, as well as 16 different images of children sexually exposed or involved in sexual acts. The jury returned unanimous verdicts of guilty on four counts and acquitted him of one count involving 56 duplicates of two images. He was convicted of possessing the two originals of those images, 15 explicit videos, 56 images and 42 videos of children being subjected to explicit sexual acts, and 41 images of children being sexually exposed.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Garda convicted of having child porn. Charges or matters: five counts of possession of child pornography at his home on dates between July 30 and August 2, 2011; possessing the two originals of these images, which were found in a computer folder named "Spanked Boys"; possessing 56 images and 42 videos of children being subjected to explicit sexual acts and 41 images of children being sexually exposed. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- July 30 Incident
- August 2, 2011 Incident
- August 2 Incident
- August 2011 Incident
- 2018-11-07 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: five counts of possession of child pornography at his home on dates between July 30 and August 2, 2011; possessing the two originals of these images, which were found in a computer folder named "Spanked Boys"; possessing 56 images and 42 videos of children being subjected to explicit sexual acts and 41 images of children being sexually exposed (Proven)
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; He asked for time for his client to be able to gather reports for the court for the sentence hearing.; She remanded O'Connor on continuing bail to next Monday 12th.
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