Stephen Bray, 55, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography at his home in 2017. A search of his home revealed explicit conversations and images on his mobile phone and laptop. Bray claimed he was trying to stop the distribution of such material, but his explanations were deemed confusing by Gardaí.
A Wicklow man who may have seen himself as “an avenging angel” has been jailed for 18 months for having child abuse material on devices found at his home over seven years ago.
Inspector Durkan said Bray had expressed surprise at having his home searched by Gardaí but did make admissions about accessing child abuse material, which he said he viewed “every couple of weeks”. Inspector Durkan said the analysis revealed that Bray had used specialist software to clear up the laptop on the day before the search of his home by Gardaí. He noted that the accused also used a web browser designed to make it difficult to trace a user’s activity and location.
Defence counsel, Eoin Gallagher BL, said a psychiatric report on the accused found he struggled to comprehend what had gone on and to accept responsibility for what he described as “a hideous offence”.
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