Irish League footballer Jay Donnelly has been jailed for sharing an indecent image of a child, after a judge hearing his sentence appeal in Belfast County Court reduced his term from four months to three.
Cliftonville striker Donnelly, 23, of Ardilea Drive in Belfast, admitted the charge last November at Belfast Magistrates' Court.
On Tuesday, family and friends wept in the public gallery of the court as Judge David McFarland ordered Donnelly to be taken down to the cells ahead of transport to prison.
He had been on bail pending the outcome of the appeal against his original sentence.
Judge McFarland said a custodial sentence was appropriate, insisting the need for the case to act as a "deterrent" to others.
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