2022-03-15
Man who admitted involvement in child abuse 'groups' avoids jail
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Garda Brian O'Neill told Tony McGillicuddy BL, prosecuting, at a sentence hearing last July, that gardaĆ were alerted to the fact that three videos had been uploaded to a site on March 12, 2017, by a user who had the same email address, phone number and screen address as Yeboah. Judge Greally imposed a sentence of 16 months which she suspended in full on strict conditions including that Yeboah engage with the Probation Service for those 16 months.; Judge Melanie Greally acknowledged that the Probation Service had recommended that Yeboah continues to engage with them and adjourned the case to allow for that. "Very young children are abused and exploited to produce this material," Judge Greally said, before adding that it was up to Yeboah if he co-operates or not.