Young Corkman jailed for having '14,000 files of voiceless children being sexually abused'

The court heard the young man has educational challenges and a diagnosis of autism ‘fell through the cracks’ during covid until he 'fell into a dark world of what is available on the internet'

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard the man's 'isolation grew during covid. He fell into a dark world of what is available on the internet. He did not have the capacity to make friends. There was an inevitability about what happened once he dipped his toe into this water.' File picture: Larry Cummins

A young man with educational challenges and a diagnosis of autism ‘fell through the cracks’ during covid until his explorations on the internet ended up in the accessing of thousands of images and videos of the most serious category of child sex abuse images.

Detective Garda Denis Howard gave evidence in the case against Killian Buckley where a computer and phone were seized at his home at Dromore Drive, Mallow, Co Cork, on October 7, 2020.