'I don't mind age': Cork-based restaurateur to be jailed for trying to sexually exploit a child

Undercover Canadian police officer repeatedly told accused ‘she was a 13-year-old girl’

The court heard the accused used Snapchat to talk in a sexualised manner with a primary school-aged child.

A Cork-based restaurateur will be jailed next month for attempting to sexually exploit a child in a case where an undercover Canadian police officer repeatedly told the accused that ‘she was a 13-year-old girl’ to which he replied, “I don’t mind age.”

 Turkish national Mehmet Umit Pala, of Maiville Terrace, Evergreen Road, Turner’s Cross, Cork, who has been in Ireland since 1996, has closed down two restaurants — one Turkish and one Italian — where he operated on North Main Street, Cork, since this case came to light.