A LIMERICK man who admitted producing sexual video chats with underage girls, and attending a sex act involving a female child, was remanded on continuing bail at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.
The man also admitted in court to inviting underage girls to “participate” in a sex act.
The man used the Monkey video chat platform to communicate with children to sexually exploit them, the court heard.
He also admitted possessing sexual videos and images of children.
The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to a total of seven charges.
The man entered a guilty plea that, on April 2 and 3, 2023, he used the Monkey application to “produce a live video chat of a sexually explicit nature” with three young girls “for the purposes of distribution, publication, exportation, sale, or show”.
He also pleaded guilty that, on the same dates, he invited children to “participate in a pornographic performance” and that he “knowingly attended a pornographic performance involving a female child”.
The man also pleaded guilty to, on the same dates, using the Monkey application to communicate with children to “facilitate the sexual exploitation of those children”.
Attending the court with his mother, he also pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing four images and two videos of child pornography on his mobile phone on April 9, 2023.
All of the admitted offences occurred at an address in Limerick.
Judge Colin Daly remanded the man on continuing bail to appear before court at a later date to hear all evidence before passing sentence.
