Children's fun park owner jailed for having 1,200 child porn images

A FORMER children's fun park owner last night began a six-month jail sentence for buying and viewing child pornography on the internet.

Peter Morphew, aged 63, described as a pillar of the County Wicklow community he adopted as his home, possessed 1,200 images of children, some younger than 10.

Sentencing him and placing him on the sex offenders register, Judge Raymond Groarke said his crime involved children subjected to "utterly depraved" and "heinous" abuse. He refused the accused leave to appeal.