A student who searched for and downloaded child sexual abuse material “of the most depraved nature” has been jailed for 16 months. Sentencing him, Judge Martin Nolan said accessing child abuse material “is obviously not a victimless crime”. “We don’t know who the victims are, but this is real abuse, videoed and put out there,” the judge said. He noted Turkistani regularly searched for “material of the most depraved nature” which included babies being sexually abused. She urged Judge Nolan to consider handing down a suspended sentence.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2021 16:37 UTC