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Man with 'unhealthy interest in children' jailed for sexual assault of four-year-old

Date
2025-03-27
Stage
Sentence
Primary locality
Dublin
County
Dublin

Summary

A 21‑year‑old man, who had posed as a teenage girl online, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting a four‑year‑old boy and for multiple offences involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM). He pleaded guilty to the assault, to five counts of possession of CSAM, one count of possession of CSAM on Snapchat, two counts of producing CSAM, and two counts of distributing CSAM. The court noted that the victim was aged between 16 and 18 at the time of the offences and that the man had been in custody since his arrest in May 2024. Evidence showed he had over 1,500 files of CSAM, had communicated with boys aged 12 to 15 on Snapchat, and had encouraged them to produce and send sexual content. The judge imposed a six‑year sentence, with the final 18 months suspended on strict conditions, including probation supervision after release.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Man with 'unhealthy interest in children' jailed for sexual assault of four-year-old. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

Why: He added that signed guilty pleas are valuable because they save the parties "the trauma and the worry of a trial". CNI source report

Case subjects

Unnamed 21-year-old

Convicted Person

Outcome: By Eimear Dodd A young man with an "unhealthy interest in children" who posed as a teenage girl online, tricked teen boys into sending him videos, distributed child abuse material and sexually assaulted a four-year-old boy has been jailed for four and a half years. The judge imposed a six-year sentence, with the final 18 months suspended on strict conditions, including that the man place himself under the supervision of the Probation Services post-release.

Places mentioned

Court Venue
  • Circuit Criminal Court
  • Dublin
  • Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Topics

Stage Sentence Violent Crime

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