Man convicted after FBI alert Cork gardaí he accessed child pornography on dark web

The man has been given a suspended sentence and will be put on the Sex Offenders Register

Detective Sergeant Kevin Long of Cork West Divisional Protective Services Unit based in Dunmanway said they received information from the FBI identifying a person in their area accessing an online site dedicated to child exploitation. File photo: iStock

The FBI contacted gardaí in West Cork about a person accessing a dark web site related to the exploitation of children five years ago and now he has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence.

Detective Sergeant Kevin Long of Cork West Divisional Protective Services Unit based in Dunmanway said they received information from the FBI identifying a person in their area accessing an online site dedicated to child exploitation. The user name was flipflapflop and this was identified as Paul Schilling.