{"id":41617,"date":"2025-09-03T20:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/41617\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:45:19","slug":"three-accused-of-child-sexual-exploitation-in-kerry-remanded-on-bail-radiokerry-ie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/41617\/","title":{"rendered":"Three accused of child sexual exploitation in Kerry remanded on bail | RadioKerry.ie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people facing charges of child sexual exploitation in Kerry have been remanded on bail for another month.<\/p>\n<p>One of the three accused, a man in his mid-30s, faces over 140 allegations of child sexual offences.<\/p>\n<p>The other two co-accused, both women, are charged with child sexual exploitation offences.<\/p>\n<p>The man faces 36 charges of obtaining a child for sexual exploitation, 34 counts of inciting a child to sexual touching and 34 charges of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>He also faces 34 charges of engaging in sexual activity in the presence or sight of a child and four counts of communicating to facilitate the sexual exploitation of a child.<\/p>\n<p>The 142 charges relate to alleged sexual offences against four children under 17 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>The court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiokerry.ie\/news\/south-kerry-man-charged-with-over-140-counts-of-child-sexual-offences-446042\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously heard<\/a> he made no reply to 141 charges, but to the final charge, he told garda\u00ed \u201cI know what I did was wrong, but at that time I was feeling low because of things that happened in my life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another of the accused, a 46-year-old woman, faces 33 counts of providing a child for sexual exploitation and seven charges contrary to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstatutebook.ie\/eli\/1998\/act\/22\/enacted\/en\/print\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998<\/a>, including the production, distribution and possession of child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>The third accused is a woman in her 20s, who faces nine charges, including facilitating the exploitation of children and providing a child for sexual exploitation, on dates between May 2019 and September 2021.<\/p>\n<p>All three appeared in Tralee District Court today before Judge Mark O\u2019Connell, and the man\u2019s solicitor P\u00e1draig O\u2019Connell confirmed that he was present in court.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Public Prosecutions has already directed that the three accused face trial on indictment, meaning it will be dealt with in a higher court.<\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Chris Manton told the court that the book of evidence is not yet available for any of the three defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mark O\u2019Connell remanded all three accused on continuing bail, to appear again in Tralee District Court on 8th October for the book of evidence to be 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