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No jail for man who uploaded child rape video to own Facebook page

Summary

A 35‑year‑old Dublin man, Eoin Prizeman, was sentenced to a fully suspended 12‑month term for possessing child pornography after a Facebook account he managed posted a video of an adult raping a boy aged nine or ten. Gardaí discovered 276 videos of child abuse on his Samsung phone, including a disturbing clip of a six‑ to 12‑month‑old infant tied to a makeshift bed and bound. Prizeman pleaded guilty and expressed remorse, noting he had not deleted the videos because he wanted to keep contact with the sender. He had no prior convictions and was found to be at low risk of reoffending. Judge Orla Crowe accepted the mitigating factors and imposed a 12‑month sentence suspended for three years, subject to strict conditions such as keeping the peace, good behaviour and engaging with the Probation Service. The case was heard at the Dublin Circuit Court.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: No jail for man who uploaded child rape video to own Facebook page. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

• August 2022 Incident
• 2023-11-28 Publication

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