Man caught with child porn gets 4-year term

A man caught with thousands of images and videos of child pornography depicting sexual violence, torture, and cruelty has been given a four-year sentence with the final six months suspended.

Marcin Wojciechowicz, aged 34, was caught after he accidentally left a USB memory key containing some of the material as well as a CV in his name in a co-worker’s van.

Gardaí were alerted and during the course of the investigation found over 16,000 images and 300 videos classified as child pornography on his USB stick, mobile phone, and laptop.