Man posed as teen girl online asking boys to send videos and sexually assaulted boy (4)
A young man with an “unhealthy interest in children” who posed as a teenage girl online encouraged teenage boys to send him videos and sexually assaulted a four-year-old boy, a court has heard.
The 21-year-old came forward from the District Court on a signed guilty plea to a charge of sexual assault on a date in the summer of 2022.
He further signed guilty pleas to five counts of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and one count of possession of CSAM in the digital space of Snapchat on dates in August and December 2022 and May 2023.
He also signed guilty pleas to two counts of producing CSAM on dates in 2020 and 2022 and two counts of distributing CSAM on dates in 2022.
He has no previous convictions and has been in custody since his arrest in May 2024. He can’t be named to protect the anonymity of his victims.
The court heard the man was aged between 16 and 18 at the time of his offending.
Imposing the sentence on Thursday, Judge Martin Nolan said the man had…
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