Child pornography suspects due to appear in court soon

A NUMBER of people whose homes were searched during a nationwide crackdown on child pornography are due to appear in court shortly.

Gardaí indicated yesterday that the DPP had already given the go-ahead for gardaí to prosecute some of the 100 people who are under investigation for allegedly possessing pornographic child images on their computers. The computer equipment was seized last May during Operation Amethyst.

“A number of files have gone to the DPP and in some cases he has already given a direction. People continue to be interviewed and some files are still being prepared for the DPP,” a senior Garda spokesman said.