A man was caught in possession of hundreds of images of child pornography after sending illicit material to an undercover FBI agent, a court has heard. Det Gda Scanlon said that in 2012, the FBI agent placed an advertisement designed to appeal to people interested in child pornography. A laptop seized was found to have accessed a number of websites containing child pornography. Also found on the laptop were 53 explicit images of child pornography and 182 child exposure images. In a subsequent interview, Whelan admitted he had viewed child pornography and sent it on to others via email.

Source: Irish Independent June 23, 2020 13:52 UTC