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10 years for alleged 'paedo-rights' terrorist caught with Nazi flag, firearms components

Date
2023-03-28
Stage
Sentence
Primary locality
Dublin
County
Dublin

Summary

Mark Wolf, a 37‑year‑old UK national, was sentenced to ten years in prison in Dublin for possession of firearm components and child‑abuse material. He was found in a hostel on Gardiner Street with a Nazi flag, firearms parts, disturbing videos of atrocities, and texts about killing children. Gardaí seized four mobile phones containing child‑pornographic images, Snapchat chats with teenage girls, and videos of a live stream of the Christchurch mosque shootings. Wolf also attempted to register domain names such as paedo‑rights and accessed dark‑web sites with child‑abuse resources. He pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing firearm parts, three charges of importing such parts, and three charges of possessing child pornography. The judge, taking his guilty pleas into account, imposed concurrent terms of ten years for the firearm offences and two years for the child‑abuse material, back‑dated to his June 2021 arrest.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: 10 years for alleged 'paedo-rights' terrorist caught with Nazi flag, firearms components. Charges or matters: four charges of being in possession of the component parts of a firearm, a possession of electronic document in relation to the assembly of a firearm, three charges of importing component parts of a firearm into the State and three charges of knowingly being in possession of child pornography on dates in June 2021. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

Case subjects

Mark Wolf

Defendant

Charges: four charges of being in possession of the component parts of a firearm, a possession of electronic document in relation to the assembly of a firearm, three charges of importing component parts of a firearm into the State and three charges of knowingly being in possession of child pornography on dates in June 2021 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: The sentences were backdated to when Wolf first went into custody in June 2021.

Places mentioned

Secondary Mention
Address Area
  • Gardiner Street
Residence
Court Venue
  • Dublin
  • Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

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