Limerick man granted bail after admitting to producing sex video chats with children
The defendant, who cannot presently be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to a total of seven charges before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.
A Limerick man who admitted using a social media app to produce sex video chats with underage girls, and who attended a sex act involving a female child, has been granted bail by a court ahead of his sentencing hearing.
The man appeared before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court where he also admitted inviting underage girls to 'participate' in a sex act.
He admitted to using the 'Monkey' live video chat platform to communicate with children to sexually exploit them.
The man also admitted possessing sexual videos and images of children.
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News in 90 seconds - 21st May
The defendant, who cannot presently be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to a total of seven charges.
He entered a 'guilty' plea that, on April 2, 2023, he 'used the Monkey Application to produce a live video chat of a sexually explicit nature with two female children for the purposes of distribution, publication, exportation, sale or show'.
The man also entered a plea of 'guilty' that, on April 3, 2023, he 'used the Monkey Application to produce a live video chat of a sexually explicit nature with a female child for the purposes of distribution, publication, exportation, sale or show'.
The man pleaded 'guilty' that, on April 2, 2023, he 'invited two female children to participate in a pornographic performance'.
He also pleaded 'guilty' that, on April 3, 2023, he 'knowingly attended a pornographic performance involving a female child'.
The man also pleaded 'guilty' to using the Monkey Application to communicate with two unknown female children in order to 'facilitate the sexual exploitation of those children, by him', on April 2, 2023.
He also pleaded 'guilty' to using the Monkey Application to communicate with an unknown female child in order to facilitate the sexual exploitation of that child, by him', on April 3, 2023.
The man, who who attended the court with his mother, also pleaded 'guilty' to knowingly possessing four images and two videos of 'child pornography', on his mobile phone, on April 9th, 2023.
All of the admitted offences occurred at an address in Limerick.
The case was listed before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court for mention again in July in order to fix a date for evidence at a sentencing hearing.
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