West Cork man remanded on bail in sexual exploitation case
Defence solicitor Plunkett Taaffe asked Judge Joanne Carroll to set a date for service of a book of evidence. The man was remanded on bail to appear again on December 17.
West Cork man in his 20s has been remanded on bail after appearing before Kinsale District Court sitting in Bandon on charges of using technology to facilitate the sexual exploitation of children.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces two charges under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 and one charge of harassment.
The court heard it is alleged he sent sexually explicit images through the Snapchat app to two alleged injured parties, both of whom were children at the time. One is now an adult.
The harassment charge relates to one of the alleged injured parties. Detective Garda Aisling Keating gave evidence of the man’s arrest, charge and caution. The court heard that when each charge was put to him, he replied: “No thank you.”
Court presenter Sergeant Tom Mulcahy said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had not consented to the man being sent forward to Cork Circuit Criminal Court on a signed guilty plea.
Defence solicitor Plunkett Taaffe asked Judge Joanne Carroll to set a date for service of a book of evidence. The man was remanded on bail to appear again on December 17. Bail was set in his own bond of €500.
Conditions include that he live at the address provided to gardaí, sign on at a nominated Garda station every Wednesday, remain contactable by mobile phone and have no direct or indirect contact with the alleged injured parties or their families. He must also stay away from a location specified in court.
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