Man handed himself in to gardaí over child porn

A man who downloaded images of child pornography was not detected but presented himself at his Garda station with the hard discs of two computers containing the material.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said of the accused at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, “his disclosure makes this case unusual to the point of unprecedented”.

Tim Cronin, aged 33, of 97 Main Street, Midleton, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of having 67 images of child pornography on one hard disc and 48 such images on a second hard disc.