Ex-Royal Navy officer caught in UK police sting with 10,000 child abuse images in Westmeath jailed

The judge said: 'It would be difficult for someone to think this type of offending was in any way victimless.'

Mark Barlow pleaded guilty to two offences under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998, at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court. Photo: Tom Tuite

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A Westmeath-based man caught with 10,000 images and 50 videos of child sexual abuse at his home after an online sting operation involving undercover British police has been jailed.