Tipperary man jailed over sexual exploitation of teenage girls he met online

Accused separately got to know two teenagers — a 16-year-old in Canada and a 14-year-old in Ireland — over the internet by pretending to be a teenage boy, using a fake profile photo, court heard

Anthony Cullinane , 35, of 158 Willow Park, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of children as well as two counts of production of sexually explicit images of children and one count of possession of sexually explicit images of children.

A man who persuaded two teenage girls to send him revealing photographs of themselves has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Anthony Cullinane , 35, of 158 Willow Park, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty at the Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of sexual exploitation of children as well as two counts of production of sexually explicit images of children and one count of possession of sexually explicit images of children.