A bookkeeper who admitted to being in possession of 1,200 child pornographic texts, images and videos has been given a three-year suspended sentence by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Paul Bradshaw (34), Balally Avenue, Dundrum, Co Dublin, was arrested after a person saw him looking at child pornography and contacted gardaí. He pleaded guilty to possessing it at his home on November 30th, 2002.
Judge O’Donnell said the Granada Institute reported Bradshaw presented “a moderate risk” of re-offending and that he had insight into his offending but that the probation report noted that while he admitted downloading images he still contested that some of the matter he had was pornographic.
