Ireland Case No. 39081Attempting to meet a child for the purpose of sexual exploitation, facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child (Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, s.8) · Co. Donegal · 15 Jul 2025
Man jailed for five years over attempted sexual exploitation of child decoy in Letterkenny
Kiran Srinivasan, 30, was jailed for five years at Letterkenny Circuit Court after pleading guilty to attempting to meet a child for sexual exploitation and communicating with a person he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Snapchat and WhatsApp. He was arrested in July 2025 following a sting operation by the Justice Reborn paedophile hunter group at a car park in Letterkenny.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrested
- Charged
- In courtnot reported
- Verdictnot reported
- Sentenced12 Nov
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Key facts
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- whatSrinivasan sent explicit messages over six days between 10 and 15 July 2025 to a person he believed was a 13-year-old child. (rte.ie)
- whatSrinivasan sent a photo of his Suzuki Swift saying he would drive to Donegal and suggested going to a beach to skinny-dip. (rte.ie)
- whatSrinivasan booked an Airbnb, sent the EirCode to the decoy and said he would bring condoms. (rte.ie)
- whatTwo condoms were found on Srinivasan when searched and four others among his belongings. (rte.ie)
- investigationSrinivasan was arrested following a sting operation at a car park in Letterkenny by the Justice Reborn group in July 2025. (rte.ie)
- investigationOfficers responded to a car park at Paddy Harte Road in Letterkenny where Justice Reborn members confronted Srinivasan. (rte.ie)
- investigationA woman acting as a decoy for Justice Reborn set up a Snapchat profile posing as a 13-year-old girl called Aoife from Donegal, which Srinivasan added on 10 July. (rte.ie)
- chargeSrinivasan admitted that on 15 July 2025 he attempted to meet a child for the purpose of sexual exploitation having communicated with the child by messages. (rte.ie)
- chargeHe also pleaded guilty to communicating with another person by Snapchat and WhatsApp for the purpose of facilitating the sexual exploitation of a child between 10 and 15 July 2025. (rte.ie)
- sentenceKiran Srinivasan was handed a five-year prison sentence by Judge John Aylmer at Letterkenny Circuit Court. (rte.ie)
- sentenceThe five-year sentence was backdated to when Srinivasan went into prison in July 2025. (rte.ie)
- otherDeportation proceedings to India have begun. (rte.ie)
- otherSrinivasan came to Ireland on a Stamp 4 visa after finishing secondary school in India and graduated from the University of Limerick with first-class honours in Aircraft Maintenance and Airworthiness Engineering. (rte.ie)
- otherA risk assessment placed the defendant at a high risk of reoffending. (rte.ie)
- otherJudge Aylmer placed both charges in the mid-range of offending, meriting seven years before mitigation, and reduced the headline sentence to five years. (rte.ie)
- otherSrinivasan has no previous convictions, cooperated fully and entered an early plea. (rte.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 12 Nov2026Man caught in child-decoy sex sting jailed for five years
Sentencing hearing at Letterkenny Circuit Court where Judge John Aylmer imposed a five-year sentence backdated to July 2025, with details of the sting operation and mitigation outlined.
convicted, Kiran Srinivasan, 30, male, namedKiran Srinivasanother, femaleother, Michael O'Carroll, maleMichael O'Carrollother, Fiona Crawford, femaleFiona Crawfordother, Sean McGee, maleSean McGeeother, John Aylmer, maleJohn Aylmer
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