Cynan Rees initially denied knowledge and said he was into naturism
They had seized 104 separate pieces of equipment but focused their examination on three hard drives, on which they found some 80,000 child pornographic images.
They had also found a further 78,666 images and 368 video clips classified as Category 2, depicting children under the age of 17 exposing their genitalia on the three hard drives, he told the court.BL asked for leniency for his client, arguing that while he did not want to understate the seriousness of the crime, the vast majority of the images were Category 2 material.
He also pointed out that Rees had no previous convictions and had never come to garda attention prior to this offence coming to light, and he had not come to any adverse garda attention since then.who estimated that it would take 12 weeks to prepare a report on Rees.refused but said he would structure a sentence to ensure there was an incentive for Rees to engage in rehabilitation upon his release to ensure there was no relapse.
Judge O Donnabhain said he believed that Rees, even if he had gone for a rehabilitation course prior to coming to court, would still have merited a custodial sentence such was the seriousness of his crime.
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