Corkman pleads guilty to charge of possessing child sexual abuse images

About 1,000 images were of children in sexual activity or witnessing it, while approximately 2,900 images were of children exposing the genital or anal areas, court heard

A jury was sworn in to hear the case at Cork Circuit Criminal Court as accused initially pleaded not guilty to two charges. Picture: Larry Cummins

A 61-year-old man put on trial on two charges of having thousands of images of child sexual abuse in Cork City more than three years ago has changed his plea to guilty to one of the charges.

A jury was sworn in to hear the case as William Sweetnam initially pleaded not guilty to two charges.