'Significant threat to women' has sentence for sexually exploiting 12-year-old over the internet cut

A 23-year-old man “considered to be a significant threat to women” has had his sentence for the sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old over the internet, cut on appeal.

Adam Heneghan, with a last address at Upper Dromohane, Mallow, Co Cork, had pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to five counts of exploitation of a child over a period of days in April 2012.