Man jailed for online sexual exploitation and defilement of girl, 13, has sentence cut on appeal

A man jailed for online sexual exploitation and defilement of a 13-year-old girl, when he was aged 19, has had his six-and-a-half year prison sentence cut on appeal.

Darragh Meehan (26), of Dargle Wood, Knocklyon, was 19 years old when he met the 13-year-old girl and they later began communicating online via Skype, FaceBook and texting on a regular basis. The girl told Meehan she was 13 years old.