Cork man holidaying in Portugal sent 60 sexually explicit messages to girlfriend's daughter

The victim turned her phone on when she woke to get ready for school and discovered that 60 messages of a sexually explicit nature and a photograph had been sent to her by her mother’s 36-year-old partner, court heard

Accused was given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Helen Boyle at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. His name will be on the Sex Offenders Register for the next 10 years. Picture: Larry Cummins

A Cork man holidaying in Portugal with his girlfriend sent 60 sexually explicit messages and a photograph back to his partner’s 16-year-old daughter staying in her father’s house in Cork.

He was given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Helen Boyle at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. His name will be on the Sex Offenders Register for the next 10 years.