A judge excluded the public from a courtroom at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee today because the details in a child pornography case were so "gross". The stories were created by the accused and by others and this type of pornography was unusual, the court was told. The man who is in his 50s has pleaded guilty to five counts under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Acts, including video storing of child pornography, showing children engaged with adults, production of documents of child pornography and gross remarks in online chat rooms. Online searches of child pornography were found on the man's computers seized by gardaí in 2013 when they called to his home. Katie O’Connell, barrister for the man, said her client had become addicted to child pornography.

Source: Irish Examiner July 17, 2019 18:01 UTC