Cork-based restaurateur gets two years for trying to sexually exploit a child

The court heard that an undercover Canadian police officer repeatedly told the accused on Snapchat that 'she was a 13-year-old girl' to which he replied: 'I don’t mind age'

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a jail term of three years on Turkish national, Mehmet Umit Pala, with the last year suspended. File picture

A Cork-based restaurateur was jailed on Friday for two years 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”. 

Judge Helen Boyle imposed a jail term of three years on Turkish national, Mehmet Umit Pala of Maiville Terrace, Evergreen Road, Turner’s Cross, Cork, with the last year suspended.