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# Child Pornography

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2022
# Brussels
EU Commission plans to force web firms to combat child sex abuse images
The plan calls for a European centre to combat child sexual abuse, based in The Hague and working with police agency Europol.
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May 11th 2022, 1:15 PM
# Child Abuse
Bill seeking to remove 'child pornography' term from Irish legislation to be debated in Seanad
Senator Eileen Flynn’s private members’ bill would replace the term with “child sexual exploitation material”.
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Feb 3rd 2022, 4:16 PM
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# Naas Circuit Court
Kildare man given two-year suspended sentence for child pornography conviction
The 44-year-old was convicted of having over 800 images of child pornography in his possession.
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Jul 8th 2021, 2:52 PM
# cyber crime bureau
Gardaí cut backlog of child sex abuse case analysis in half, but long delays remain
At one stage, it could take five years before gardaí would get to a case because of the volume of material for analysis.
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Dec 31st 2019, 12:05 AM
# Courts
Brother of Veronica Guerin given fully suspended sentence for possession of child pornography images
Martin Guerin was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment but it was suspended in its entirety.
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Updated Oct 23rd 2019, 3:47 PM
# Declan Costello
Man handed suspended sentence after being found in possession of child abuse images
Costello was not involved in the production or sharing of any of the pornographic material found.
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Jun 27th 2019, 8:30 PM
# Cork
Former deputy principal jailed for 18 months for possessing and distributing child abuse images
Brian Fitzgerald (49) of Golf Links Road, Youghal, Co Cork pleaded guilty at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.
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Feb 20th 2019, 10:21 PM
# operation ketch
Addresses in 11 counties searched as part of investigation into child sexual abuse images
Twenty-three searches have been carried out by gardaí in recent days.
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Feb 5th 2019, 5:36 PM
# not guilty plea
Trial hears evidence against garda accused of possession of child pornography
The images of the child sexual abuse were allegedly found on a laptop.
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Updated Oct 31st 2018, 8:15 PM
# Sentenced
Men convicted of child pornography offences after online chat where one pretended to be teen girl
The case was described as “very unusual”.
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May 31st 2018, 7:35 PM
# Sentenced
Man stole over €14,000 from employer while waiting to be charged over child pornography offences
The man was jailed for two-and-a-half years.
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May 2nd 2018, 6:20 AM
# Matthew Horan
Man who exploited young girls ordered not to take part in computer programming course
Matthew Horan was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years with the final two years suspended.
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Mar 22nd 2018, 5:08 PM
# noah puckerman
Former Glee actor Mark Salling found dead
The 35-year-old was due to be sentenced over child pornography charges in March.
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Jan 30th 2018, 7:01 PM
# Sexual Abuse
Former Glee star Mark Salling pleads guilty to child pornography charges
More than 50,000 images of child sexual abuse were found on the actor’s computer and USB drive.
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Dec 19th 2017, 7:21 AM
# peter jennings
Music teacher caught with over 1,300 child pornography pictures avoids jail
He had been teaching music to seven and 12-year -olds.
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Nov 13th 2017, 7:35 PM
# warning to friend
Mother-of-three forwarded child pornography clip in 'remarkably unusual' case
The woman said she sent the video to warn a friend about the dangers of leaving her children alone with her boyfriend.
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Nov 10th 2017, 6:30 AM
# Dublin
Dublin man (37) due in court for possession of child porn images and videos
Garda Ian Ward said the accused made no reply when charged with the offences.
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Sep 20th 2017, 3:34 PM
# Limerick
Man remanded on bail after admitting to possessing thousands of child sex abuse images
The man admitted to possessing 2,683 images and 721 movie files in total.
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Jun 2nd 2017, 1:52 PM
# Cambridge
College professor who had 2,000 indecent images of children gets suspended sentence
Simon Jarvis pleaded guilty to counts of possessing, making and distributing indecent images of children.
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May 5th 2017, 8:28 PM
# Child Pornography
Dublin man who used Darknet to download 300 child abuse images avoids jail
The judge said that while it was an “odious crime” the number of images was not high relative to other cases.
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Mar 28th 2017, 4:30 PM
# Sexual Abuse
Law lecturer convicted of possessing child pornography loses latest legal challenge
Julian Myerscough was arrested on 2 October 2015 at a hotel in Dublin on foot of a European arrest warrant.
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Nov 25th 2016, 4:38 PM
# Courts
Man accused of having images of child sex abuse told to stay away from all children
The court tightened his bail restrictions even further on Thursday.
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Oct 15th 2016, 7:00 PM
# Child Pornography
Man caught with 25 videos and 80 photos of child sex abuse avoids jail
Delay in arrest and charge of man caught with child abuse imagery because of the backlog in the garda computer crimes unit.
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Oct 12th 2016, 6:12 AM
# dark web
Child pornography: 75 people arrested in Europe-wide crackdown
Operation Daylight was started after Europol received information from Swiss police last year revealing a vast network of criminals involved in the sexual exploitation of minors.
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Aug 23rd 2016, 7:37 PM
# Naas District Court
Man found with child pornography ordered not to 'loiter around playgrounds or schools'
The Kildare man was granted bail this week.
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Jul 9th 2016, 8:00 AM
# emergency application
Man who had child pornography on his phone asks to be put into garda custody over fears for life
Liam Corr’s mother reported him to gardaí after finding the pornography on his phone.
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Jun 14th 2016, 6:15 AM
# child abuse images
Man who raped his disabled son to produce child pornography jailed for 20 years
The judge said that the images mean that the boy’s “indignity lives on”.
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May 9th 2016, 6:40 PM
# Dún Laoghaire
Mother reported 21-year-old son to gardaí after discovering child pornography on his phone
The court heard that the mother had previously banned her son from using a smartphone.
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Apr 26th 2016, 3:12 PM
# Child Pornography
Gardaí receive FBI training on how to combat online child abuse
Officers from the PSNI also took part in the training course in Dublin this week.
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Feb 20th 2016, 3:13 PM
# appeal
Man who facilitated child pornography of his daughter, filmed by mother, has sentence cut
A member of the public discovered disturbing images of a 4-year-old they recognised when they found a crushed mobile phone and SD card.
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Feb 19th 2016, 5:30 PM
# john wolf
Upscale New York dentist accused of having child pornography and meth, bragging about bestiality
Dr John Wolf was also allegedly recorded saying he deliberately tries to infect sexual partners with HIV.
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Nov 20th 2015, 10:53 PM
# sextortion
Man jailed for 139 years for extorting child pornography from hundreds of boys
Patrick Killen would “beg, bribe and cajole the unsuspecting boys to send him sexually explicit pictures,” then share them with others online.
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Oct 24th 2015, 8:30 PM
# Spain
Two people with intellectual disabilities arrested in huge operation against child pornography
Spanish police have said today that the individuals involved had exchanged pornagraphic images and videos.
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Oct 17th 2015, 3:46 PM
# Operation Jarra
Child pornography: Hard-drives seized and 25 arrested in major crackdown
A series of search and seizure operations took place as part of ‘Operation Jarra’.
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Sep 25th 2015, 12:01 AM
# Child Pornography
Massive increase in child sex abuse material uncovered by Irish internet hotline
There were 335 confirmed cases of child pornography reported last year.
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May 14th 2015, 10:09 PM
# Las Vegas
Retired police chief says detective helped mayor delete 'child pornography' from his iPad
John Lee said he was not investigated for possession of child pornography and he is the one who is the victim.
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May 8th 2015, 8:05 PM
# London
Mathematics scholar made 'some of the most extreme child pornography images ever seen'
When police searched his home, they found him with his laptop open beside a life-size mannequin of a young boy.
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May 3rd 2015, 8:15 AM
# Florida
Teens charged over child pornography Instagram account with 'cruel comments'
Followers were encouraged to post sexually explicit images of teens in the area to “expose” them.
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Feb 13th 2015, 11:52 AM
# cyber criminals
Hacker who demanded Bitcoin from banks jailed for blackmail and child pornography
Lewys Martin was sentenced to over four years in prison.
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Dec 1st 2014, 5:55 PM
# Child Abuse
Seven cases of child porn were traced to Irish servers last year
That is the highest number in a single year.
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May 28th 2014, 2:46 PM
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