Man caught with child pornography avoids jail term

The court heard that the girls shown in the child pornography were probably aged 10 or 11 years old

Judge Sheahan sentenced Keelan Lanigan to 12 months in prison which she suspended in full on strict conditions including that Lanigan engage with the Probation Service for 18 months and undergo any treatment recommended by them. File photo: iStock

A man who was caught with child pornography after gardaí got a warrant to search his home following the detection of certain online conversations has been given a suspended sentence.

Keelan Lanigan (aged 30), who is currently homeless, co-operated with gardaí when they arrived at his home and provided them with passwords to his laptop, where they discovered two videos and one image of child pornography.