Ireland Crime

Sligo man jailed for child sexual exploitation offences

```json { "tldr": "A 39-year-old man from Co Sligo, Clive Goulden, engaged in highly sexualised online conversation between 15 January and 2 February 2021 with a person he believed was a 12-year-old girl, who was in fact a covert UK police officer. UK police sent a file identifying him to gardaí, and gardaí executed a search warrant at his Co Sligo home on 4 June 2021, finding ten images and 30 videos of child sexual abuse on his phone. Goulden pleaded guilty to all charges at Sligo Circuit Court, where the judge set a headline sentence of five years and two months with the final 20 months suspended. On 25 March 2025 he was sentenced to three years and six months in prison for possession of child sexual abuse material and attempted production of child pornography." "facts": [ {"kind": "what", "text": "Goulden engaged in highly sexualised conversation with a person he believed was a 12-year-old girl, who was a covert UK police officer."}, {"kind": "where", "text": "Goulden is from Co Sligo, and the case was heard at Sligo Circuit Court."}, {"kind": "when", "text": "The communications took place between 15 January 2021 and 2 February 2021."}, {"kind": "other", "text": "Goulden used a modified version of the KIK app to send spam-style messages containing an intimate image of himself to multiple users."}, {"kind": "investigation", "text": "UK police sent a file identifying Goulden to gardaí, which RTÉ reports was received by the Garda National Protective Services Bureau.