'Predatory, dangerous and opportunistic': Man jailed for making and taking indecent images of children
A MAN who admitted to making and taking indecent images of children has been jailed for more than three years. Liam Paul McKinnon, 38, used an online file-sharing platform to engage with someone he believed was an adult with a sexual interest in children. However, McKinnon was actually communicating with an undercover police officer and was subsequently arrested. "I am pleased to see Liam McKinnon sent to prison and I hope it provides the people affected by his crimes with some closure, though no sentence could truly make up for how violated they will have felt having these photos taken of them," said Detective Constable Abi Jones. Threats to police In July this year, McKinnon sent the undercover officer an indecent video of a child that he’d obtained online as well as indecent photographs of children that he had taken himself. McKinnon expressed an interest in trading images during the chat and also stated that he had considered contact offending, however, at the present time felt it was 'too risky'. He was…
20 Oct 00:00 · The Irish Post