Gardaí preparing English Market for royal visit caught Corkman with 3,900 child abuse images

The man has been sentenced to a prison term of two years and nine months with one year of that suspended

The child abuse imagery, in the form of 3,819 images and 120 movie files, were found at a business premises on Grand Parade in Cork city in 2018. File picture: Larry Cummins

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A 62-year-old man was caught with thousands of images of child sexual abuse at his business address in Cork city when gardaí were taking security measures around the English Market in June 2018 ahead of a visit by members of the British royal family.