The man used a photo of an 18-year-old on his Facebook profile to lure teenage girls
The parents of two girls who were befriended by a 54-year-old man who used a photo of an 18-year-old on his Facebook profile to lure them, have said they are disappointed at what they called the leniency of the 18-month sentence handed down to him by Galway Circuit Criminal Court today.
Detective Garda Ronan Leonard told the court that Finnerty used his own name on the Facebook account but told all the young women he befriended online that he was 18 years old. However Detective Leonard said it was clear from the analysis of the messages that she did not understand what Finnerty was asking her to do to him or the terminology he used to describe those acts.
When the 13-year-old told her friend she was going to meet her boyfriend, her friend got worried and told her teacher who made contact with the girl's parents.
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