Cork man caught with 14,000 child sexual abuse images and 700 videos avoids jail

More than 2,500 images and over 600 videos were the most serious category 1, court heard

Judge imposed a fully suspended three-year sentence on the accused. Picture: Larry Cummins 

A 42-year-old man who lives alone with his cat in a condemned building unfit for human habitation was caught with child sexual abuse images, consisting of more than 14,000 images and over 700 videos at his home in 2018.

Detective Garda Eimear Brennan gave evidence at Cork Circuit Criminal Court in the case against Cormac Walsh, of St Finbar’s Road, Cork, on a charge that dates back to September 28, 2018, at the defendant’s home address that he did knowingly have in his possession child pornography, namely child abuse material, consisting of 14,402 images and 731 videos, stored in storage drives/facilities within several electronic devices seized at his home.