Man (42) jailed for sexual exploitation of 14-year-old with special needs Judge says actions were ‘utterly exploitative and cruel’ and man could hardly have found ‘a more vulnerable victim’ Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 16:47 Updated: Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 16:57 On Wednesday at Clonmel Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Garavan said that he believed a sentence of seven months was appropriate.
A 42-year-old man has been jailed for seven months after he admitted sexually exploiting a 14-year-old girl with special needs when he persuaded her to send him intimate photographs of herself after engaging with her online. Michael O’Regan of Assumption Place, Clonakilty, Co Cork, pleaded guilty at Clonmel Circuit Criminal Court to the exploitation of the child on a date between December 25th, 2016 and April 25th, 2017, contrary to Section 3 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998.