Teenager in child abuse images case was exposed to 'deviant' material when he was nine

The boy admitted possessing 231 images and 151 videos on the 'explicit scale'

The boy, in his mid-teens, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, pleaded guilty at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to two charges under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act. File picture

A teenage schoolboy awaiting sentence for possessing hundreds of explicit child abuse images and videos was aged nine when a neighbour exposed him to “deviant viewing” online, a court has heard.

The boy, in his mid-teens, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, pleaded guilty at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court to two charges under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act.