Man got under-10s to pose for child porn

A MAN who got girls of less than 10 years of age to strip at his home in West Cork and then get into sexual poses with him in order to generate child pornography was jailed for six years yesterday.

Christopher Thomas, also known as Christopher Charles Doe, 61, was sentenced by Judge Patrick J Moran at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

Thomas admitted sexually assaulting two girls at his home on various dates between January 2003 and November 2004. Thomas also pleaded guilty to knowingly producing child pornography and possessing the child pornography.