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Man caught with thousands of child abuse images distributed video years earlier
Summary
Kevin Maguire, 29, was found to have distributed a video of child pornography via email years earlier. He sent an attachment depicting an approximately 10‑year‑old girl being orally raped by an adult man to two separate email addresses. Maguire pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of child pornography at Castlefarm, Shankill, on 7 May 2015 and to distribution of child pornography at the same address on an unknown date between 2 August 2011 and 22 October 2011. Gardaí traced the IP address of a Hotmail account linked to a Russian website and searched Maguire's home in May 2015. Two laptops were seized; the first contained 1,070 images and 55 videos, the second 3,310 images and 65 videos, all depicting boys and girls from infants to under‑17s being sexually abused with exposed genitals. An email from the second laptop carried the seven‑minute video.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Man caught with thousands of child abuse images distributed video years earlier. Charges or matters: possession of child pornography at Castlefarm, Shankill, on May 7, 2015 and distribution of child pornography at the same address on an unknown date between August 2, 2011 and October 22, 2011. Procedural stage: charge_or_pretrial
When:
- May 7, 2015 Incident
- August 2, 2011 Incident
- October 22, 2011 Incident
- May 2015 Other
- January 31 Adjournment
- 2020-01-15 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: possession of child pornography at Castlefarm, Shankill, on May 7, 2015 and distribution of child pornography at the same address on an unknown date between August 2, 2011 and October 22, 2011 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Greally adjourned the matter for finalisation on January 31, next.
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