Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted

Born

Between February 1968 and February 1969, from the ages reported

Offences

Attempted communication to facilitate sexual exploitation of a child; possession of child abuse material

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

1 report, 14 Feb 2023 to 14 Feb 2023

Outlets

irishtimes.com

Photographs

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• Man jailed for 16 months over child abuse material in Dublin Attempted communication to facilitate sexual exploitation of a child; possession of child abuse material · Co. Dublin

  Robert Ashmore, a 54-year-old man from Ballymun, Dublin, pleaded guilty to attempting to communicate with another person to facilitate the sexual exploitation of a child and to possession of 71 cartoon images of child abuse material. The offences occurred between 3 March and 23 April 2018 after online vigilante groups Child Protection Awareness and Justice Reborn posed as a 13-year-old child in WhatsApp conversations with him. The groups provided gardaí with more than 2,000 WhatsApp exchanges, and the child abuse images were found on his work laptop at Beaumont Hospital. He was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in February 2023.

  Sentenced, 14 Feb 2023Convicted · 1 report

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1. 14 Feb2023
   Sentencedirishtimes.com, in Man jailed for 16 months over child abuse material in Dublin

   Man caught by ‘vigilantes’ posing as 13-year-old child jailed for 16 months

   convicted, Robert Ashmore, 54, male, named, irish (judged from name)Robert Ashmore♂54IE

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