Primary schools have to address child access to online porn, says judge in Cork rape case

A teenager was sentenced for raping his niece - acting out pornographic scenes he had been viewing from the age of nine or 10.

The judge decided rehabilitation was better achieved in the community and she imposed a five-year sentence, fully suspended. File photo: iStock

Child access to internet pornography should be addressed at primary school level, a High Court judge said as she sentenced a teenager for raping his niece - acting out pornographic scenes he had been viewing from the age of nine or 10.

Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy said there was not much point talking to young people about consent when they got to university if access to pornography was occurring when they were in primary school.