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Severely autistic man claimed penis abnormality drove him to seek naked pictures from boys
Summary
A man from Castlebar, County Mayo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for sexually exploiting children online. Mark Keogh pleaded guilty to 14 charges of child sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography. Between November 2013 and May 2014, he created a fake Facebook profile posing as a teenage girl named Nicole Doyle and contacted 14 boys aged 13 to 16, requesting naked photographs. Gardaí discovered over 700 sexually explicit images of children on his laptop during a search in February 2016, approximately 400 of which depicted the 12 victims. Judge Martin Nolan imposed a five-year sentence but suspended the final three and a half years. The judge noted Keogh's severe autism, psychiatric difficulties, and genuine need for specialist care, whilst acknowledging the seriousness of the offending and impact on the victims. Keogh has no previous convictions.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Severely autistic man claimed penis abnormality drove him to seek naked pictures from boys. Charges or matters: 14 charges of sexual exploitation of a child on dates between November 2013 and May 2014 and possession of child pornography at his then home in Kerdiff Close, Naas, Co Kildare on February 9, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 2013 Incident
- May 2014 Incident
- February 9, 2016 Incident
- July 2013 Other
- February 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2020-06-16 Publication
Why: Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that during garda interviews, Mark Keogh (29) repeatedly claimed that his motivation was because he believed he had an abnormality with his own penis and he wanted to see if anyone else was the same. Court evidence reported by CNI
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: 14 charges of sexual exploitation of a child on dates between November 2013 and May 2014 and possession of child pornography at his then home in Kerdiff Close, Naas, Co Kildare on February 9, 2016 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) By Sonya McLean and Declan Brennan A severely autistic man who encouraged teenage boys to send him naked photographs of themselves by posing as a 17-year-old girl on Facebook has been jailed for 18 months. He said but for Keogh's underlying problems his sentence would be considerably longer.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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