Man who put pictures online on trial for harassment

A man accused of contacting a garda confidential line identifying a named soldier in the Irish army as a “legitimate target” and showing a picture of the same soldier on a “paedo” website went on trial for harassment at Cork District Court yesterday.

Anthony (Tony) West, 39, of 7 Popham’s Rd, Cork, pleaded not guilty to a charge of harassing the soldier on dates between May 29, 2014, and January 8 this year.

Detective Sergeant Vincent O’Sullivan gave evidence against Mr West.