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Suspended sentence for man caught with child abuse images
Summary
In December 2018, Owen Glynn, aged 34, was charged with possession of child pornography after authorities discovered 1,886 images depicting children aged 12 to 17 with exposed genitalia in his Dublin home. Glynn admitted to accessing pornography from about age 11, initially adult and later child material. He pleaded guilty at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 7 February 2011. The judge, after considering Glynn's admissions, lack of prior convictions, and the images' classification as the lowest seriousness category, imposed a headline sentence of 15 months. This was reduced to a nine‑month suspended sentence for one year, conditional on Glynn keeping the peace and exhibiting good behaviour for 12 months. No further convictions or charges were mentioned in the article.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Suspended sentence for man caught with child abuse images. Charges or matters: possession of child pornography at his home on February 7, 2011; the offence. "You move on with your life and you hope this awful thing may have passed you by but then you get the knock on the door," counsel said. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 2018 Other
- February 7, 2011 Incident
- 2021-12-01 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: possession of child pornography at his home on February 7, 2011; the offence. "You move on with your life and you hope this awful thing may have passed you by but then you get the knock on the door," counsel said (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: She reduced the sentence to nine months and suspended it for a year on condition that Glynn keep the peace and be of good behaviour for 12 months.
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