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Jail for man who argued method used to catch him sending explicit messages to fake child profile bordered on 'entrapment'
Summary
A Dublin man, Keith Redmond, aged 45, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for attempting to send sexually explicit material to a fictitious 14‑year‑old girl over a three‑month period in late 2022. The case involved 83 pages of text between Redmond and a decoy named 'Amber', created by a UK‑based group called 'Volunteers for Predator Exposure'. Redmond sent four photographs of his penis and engaged in grooming‑like discussions, offering to buy a phone and plan a meeting in Leeds. He pleaded guilty to the offence, claiming he had not sought contact with a child and that the operation bordered on entrapment. The judge, citing aggravating factors such as moving the conversation to a private platform, imposed a two‑year custodial sentence with the final six months suspended for one year, and ordered probation and no unsupervised access to children.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Jail for man who argued method used to catch him sending explicit messages to fake child profile bordered on 'entrapment'. Charges or matters: attempting, by electronic means, to disseminate sexually explicit material to a child between August 30 and December 3, 2022. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- August 30 Hearing Or Sentence
- December 3, 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- November 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2024-03-07 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: attempting, by electronic means, to disseminate sexually explicit material to a child between August 30 and December 3, 2022 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) A Dublin man who argued that the method used to catch him sending explicit messages to a fictitious 14-year-old girl bordered on "entrapment" has been jailed for 18 months. She sentenced Redmond to two years in prison, with the final six months suspended for one year.; Judge Crowe said it had not been previously asserted that this was "borderline entrapment" and she adjourned finalisation of the case until Thursday to give her time to reread the text messages.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- McKee Avenue
- Manor Street
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