Man caught distributing child sexual abuse images at his Cork home avoids jail

Offences date back to May 2018 and accused at low risk of reoffending, court told

Judge imposed a total sentence of10 months on the accused man, David Boettcher of Lower Glanmire Road, Cork, and suspended it on condition he would not commit any other offence in the next two years. File picture: Larry Cummins

A 60-year-old American caught distributing child pornography at his home in Cork more than five years ago was not sentenced until Monday, when he got a suspended term.

David Boettcher’s solicitor Shane Collins-Daly, said: “The probation assessment is that he is a low risk of reoffending. He was never in trouble in his life before or since. This has been weighing heavily on this man every day since.”