A 45 year old ‘family man’ has walked free from court after receiving a suspended 16 month prison term for the possession of child pornography.An Applied Physics and Electronics graduate, Mr Kelly pleaded guilty to the possession of three child pornography still images and one video at his west Clare home in May 2018 following an analysis of his phone.
At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Francis Comerford imposed the suspended 16 month prison term on Liam Kelly of Clonadrum, Mullagh in west Clare.
Judge Comerford said that one of the factors in imposing a suspended prison term is that Mr Kelly has already been punished for the offence.
Judge Comerford commented that there have already been quite properly major adverse consequences for Mr Kelly’s life for these offences.
