Social media influencer jailed for sexually exploiting child he mentored at Christian camp

The motivational speaker and one-time government department adviser also pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material

The judge set a headline sentence of three years for the exploitation charge, which she reduced to two years and four months taking mitigation into account. She set a sentence of 18 months for the possession charge and ordered that both sentences run concurrently. File picture

A motivational speaker, social media influencer and one-time government department adviser sexually exploited a teenage boy he met while volunteering as a Christian children's camp guide, a court has heard.

Daniel Ramamoorthy, aged 38, was found guilty by a jury of one count of sexually exploiting the child in 2017 by asking him to send him a picture of his penis over Snapchat, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. The case had to be heard twice, after the jury in the first trial last year failed to reach an agreement. He was convicted following a second trial last month.