Man admits having child porn

A 44-year-old man pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography at Sligo Circuit Court yesterday.

A 44-year-old man pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography at Sligo Circuit Court yesterday.

Gary Smith, Ashbrook, Pearse Road, Sligo, admitted one count of possessing child pornography at his home on CDs, a hard drive, a memory stick and on a thumb drive, which is a computer storage facility, on January 11th, 2007.

His counsel, Colm Smyth SC, told the court that he wanted to have the accused assessed by a psychiatrist before sentencing took place.

He said the defendant was currently unemployed and on legal aid.

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Judge Anthony Kennedy remanded the accused on continuing bail until the next sitting of the court in March.