Young Corkman who used app to distribute child abuse images avoids jail

The judge said: “If the court does not treat these matters seriously it would be failing in its duty.”

The judge imposed a six-month suspended prison sentence. File picture: Larry Cummins

An app containing child abuse images was used by a young Cork man for the further distribution of such images and now he has been given a six-month suspended jail term.

The Director of Public Prosecutions said the case could be dealt with summarily at Cork District Court on a plea of guilty.