Stephen Seery, 22, was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence and 240 hours of community service for threatening to distribute intimate images of a minor he had duped into sharing photos with him. He was also charged with assaulting a female garda.
A film student duped a young girl into sharing intimate pictures and then tried to "blackmail" her into sex, or he would send the images to her social media followers, a court has heard.
READ MORE - Former IABA President jailed for 39 months for sexual assault of teenager who saw him as a 'father figure' It was then arranged that they would meet at a bridge near the old abandoned train station in Mullingar, but following this, the victim reported him to gardai. Judge Johnson said it was clear the purpose of the meeting at the train station in Mullingar was for the accused to engage in sex with the victim after he threatened to share the pictures.Garda Prendergast provided a victim impact statement saying that in her 20-year career, she had never encountered such aggression before, and his reaction surprised her and left her shaken.
"This was an appalling and despicable act and clearly involved creative planning and premeditation," he said, adding that this was a particularly aggravating feature of the case. Both victims were traumatised, he noted.
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