A brother of the murdered crime journalist Veronica Guerin has received a fully suspended sentence for possession of child pornography.
Martin Guerin (68) of Portmarnock Drive, Portmarnock, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to knowingly possessing 901 images and 146 video files of child pornography at his address on September 17, 2014.
Passing sentence today, Judge Martin Nolan said that the court should consider a non-custodial sentence in cases of this nature in which there are no aggravating factors.
He said there were no aggravating factors in this case.
Judge Nolan sentenced Guerin to two and a half years imprisonment, but suspended the sentence in it entirety on condition he keep the peace and be of good behaviour for two and a half years.
Mr Guerin's sister Veronica was shot dead in her car while stopped at traffic lights on the Naas Road at Newlands Cross on June 26, 1996.
