Man jailed for distributing child porn that gardaí found 'too disturbing to look at' drops sentence appeal

A man jailed for distributing tens of thousands of child porn images and videos was "well advised" to drop an appeal against the severity of his sentence, according to the President of the Court of Appeal.

Sylvio Rose (aged 51), of Knockloughlin, Co Longford, pleaded guilty to possession and distribution of child pornography which included 35,000 images and 1,700 videos.