Involuntary celibate jailed in Cork for coercion of child

The accused claims to be a member of an online group called INCEL which comprises of men who are involuntarily celibate and unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a two-year prison sentence with half of it suspended. Photo: Eddie O'Hare

A highly intelligent Swedish national who identifies as an involuntary celibate has been jailed for one year for coercion of a child.

Magnus Nordell, 42, approached the child who was innocently playing near her home in Cork and asked her to go for a walk with him to nearby woods. Detective Garda Bryan Murphy said the 11-year-old fled in distress and was physically sick when she told her mother what happened.