The State has succeeded in increasing the sentence handed down to a former garda sergeant who incited a prostitute to find him children to have sex with.

A former garda sergeant who attempted to pay prostitutes to get children as young as five for sex a year after he had been released for a similar offence has been sentenced to six years in prison.

A former Garda sergeant attempted to pay prostitutes to get children as young as five for sex a year after he had been released for a similar offence, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Sentence on a former Garda sergeant for child trafficking has been adjourned due to his hospitalisation following a suicide attempt last Friday.