Father-of-two gets suspended sentence on appeal for having sex with teenager he met on Facebook

A man who had sex with a 16-year-old girl he met on Facebook has had the unserved portion of a new 12-month sentence suspended following a successful appeal.

The 29-year-old father-of-two, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of defilement of a child at two locations in Dublin on January 22 and February 4, 2013.