'Close-run thing' whether to imprison man for possession of child sexual abuse imagery

Cork man, 26, given suspended sentence after material found by gardaí was 'in explicit range', judge says

Michael Mullen of Summerstown Rd, Wilton, Cork, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of possessing child pornography, with a further three counts taken into consideration.

A Cork man, aged 26, avoided jail after being handed a suspended sentence for possession of child sexual abuse imagery.

Michael Mullen of Summerstown Rd, Wilton, Cork, pleaded guilty on his trial date at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of possessing child pornography, with a further three counts taken into consideration.