Boy who abused young sister was viewing pornography online from age six

"A High Court judge has expressed concerns about children's unsupervised access to the internet while sentencing a teenager who was 13 when he sexually abused his six-year-old sister. The boy also took photographs of the child naked and uploaded 64 images of this child abuse to a social media website. The child was so identifiable in those images that gardaí who first called to the house to investigate the offence recognised her instantly from the images."

"Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring warned about unsupervised access to the internet by children, as the teenager was sentenced"

A teenager who was 13 at the time sexually abused his six-year-old sister and photographed her naked. He uploaded 64 images of that abuse to a social media website. The images were so identifiable that gardaí who first attended the house recognised the child from the pictures. A High Court judge expressed concern about children's unsupervised access to the internet while sentencing the teenager. The judge warned that unsupervised online access can facilitate severe harm and rapid dissemination of abusive images, increasing the trauma and identifiability of victims.

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