Ex-security guard caught with thousands of images of children being sexually abused jailed for 18 months
Isabel Hayes
Updated: 19 May 2021, 16:20
A FORMER security guard who was caught with thousands of images of children being sexually abused has been jailed for 18 months.
Owen Shannon, 53, was found with nearly 3,500 images and videos on various devices in his home of children as young as five being sexually abused by adult men.
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Owen Shannon was sentenced todayCredit: www.collinsphotos.com
Shannon, of Carrick Hill Road, Portmarnock, Dublin, worked as a security guard for a number of years but has principally been a carer for his mother and, more recently, his elderly father for most of his life.
Updated: 19 May 2021, 15:01
MUM Deirdre Morley knew suffocating her children would result in their deaths but she harboured a psychiatric moral justification for her actions , the Central Criminal Court has heard.
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Dr Brenda Wright said she was suffering from severe mental illness when she took the lives of Conor, nine, Darragh, seven and Carla, three.
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Deirdre Morley with her husband Andrew McGinley and their children Conor, Darragh and CarlaCredit: PA:Press Association
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The Criminal Courts of JusticeCredit: Alamy
Morley, 44, from Parson s Court, Newcastle, Co Dublin, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the murder charges on January 24, 2020.