Cork man charged with having thousands of child porn images

Sergeant Gearóid Davis told Judge Olann Kelleher the DPP had directed trial by indictment at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

A 60-year-old man was charged today with having thousands of images of child pornography in Cork city more than two years ago.

Garda Neil Walsh charged William Sweetnam, with an address at an apartment on Grand Parade, Cork, with two counts today related to the possession of child pornography.