Man who was caught in Cork with over 1,000 child sex abuse images gets suspended sentence

The man claimed he accidentally downloaded them when viewing adult pornography and immediately deleted them

The court heard that the defendant 'has deep remorse, he takes full responsibility for his behaviour and he accepts that demand fuels this industry'. File picture: Larry Cummins

A man who was caught with child abuse images claimed that he accidentally downloaded them when viewing adult pornography and immediately deleted them but the sentencing judge and the detective and the probation service were all sceptical on this point.

Detective Garda Eimear Brennan said the accused man, Atiqur Rahman, was caught with 1,046 relevant images and videos at the house where he was living on February 2, 2019, at College Square, College Road, Cork.