He had been given the suspended sentence last October after pleading guilty to possession of six images of child pornography, an offence contrary to Section 6 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act. She told gardaí the defendant made certain comments at a social gathering, and she was concerned this meant he had viewed child pornography. Detective Garda Cliff Cullen of the National Child Exploitation Unit, examined the electronic items and found six images he believed to be child porn on a Seagate Barracuda hard drive. Sgt Sewell had informed the court the investigation found there was no evidence that Cunningham had opened or interacted with the child porn images. When asked what he thought of child pornography, Cunningham said, "It makes me sick that it exists" and said he "never intentionally looked at it".

Source: Irish Independent April 17, 2021 00:00 UTC