Chef jailed for possessing child-rape pornography

A German national has been sentenced to three years in prison with two years suspended at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of pornography showing "the systematic rape of children".

Mario Steffen (aged 29), who worked in a hotel in Cavan town and then resided in Duleek, Co Meath, downloaded thousands of offensive images and movies from an internet file-sharing site over a six-month period to satisfy his interest in viewing incestuous material.