Jessica Magee. A pensioner has been jailed for nine months at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he admitted possessing over 2, images and videos of child abuse material. Terry Jackson 72 , of Cedar Park, Leixlip, Co Kildare, pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing a total of 2, images and videos of child pornography on a hard drive at his home on April 17th, Passing sentence on Wednesday, Judge Orla Crowe said the aggravating factors included the amount of images and the ages of the children involved, ranging from five to 15 years old.
The judge set a headline sentence of two and a half years, but reduced this to 18 months with the final nine months suspended. Jackson was also ordered to comply with Probation Services for a period of two years on his release. 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.
However, when they went to execute the warrant, they discovered that the property was owned by Jackson but leased to a tenant who was not the subject of the investigation. Detective Sergeant Michael Fitzgerald of the Garda National Crime Bureau told the court that the videos ranged in length from one minute to 35 minutes long, and that in total there were 13 hours of footage.
The detective said that of the material seized, over 1, images and movies were in Category 1, depicting sexual activity involving children. A further 1, images and 55 films were listed as in Category 2, involving the genital or anal display of children. Want us to email you top stories each lunch time? Election Explained Data tracker Quiz Climate.
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