A mother has been jailed for the neglect and “vile” sexual abuse of her own toddler son after the Court of Appeal ruled that a fully suspended sentence was unduly lenient

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Piotr Grycuk (45) has not reoffended since gardaí raided his rented flat six years ago and is deemed to be at low risk of reoffending

Leeanda Farrelly (49) received a nine-month fully-suspended sentence for sharing an image of one of the teenage boys convicted of killing Ana Kriégel

Judge Nolan said it was probably unlikely that Russell would reoffend and noted that he had been under stress at the time.

The Court of Appeal found that to send the teenager to an adult prison now would serve "no useful purpose whatsoever"

Martin Geraghty (55), from Garryowen, Limerick, was confronted by members of 'Child Protection Awareness (CPA)' in April 2018, Limerick Circuit Criminal Court heard