Jessica MageeA pensioner has been jailed for nine months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he admitted possessing over 2,000 images and 600 videos of child abuse material. The judge set a headline sentence of two and a half years, but reduced this to 18 months with the final nine months suspended. At an earlier hearing, the court heard that Jackson told Forensic Psychological Services (FPS) that his intention in collecting the child abuse material was to stop others from distributing it. 119 images were listed as being in Category 3, involving computer-generated or animated cartoons of sexual activity of children. Gda Kelly agreed with counsel for the defence that none of the child abuse material was classed as in the extreme category, and that this was Jackson’s first and only offence of this kind.

Source: The Herald June 08, 2023 19:25 UTC