Scottish ex-policeman jailed on child porn charge

A former Scottish policeman who distributed child pornographic images over the internet has been jailed for three years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Gordon Bowers, aged 49, with an address at Pembroke Square, Grand Canal Street, Dublin 4, but originally from Glasgow, pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography on August 13 and October 9, 2001, and the possession of child pornography on March 22, 2002.