Pervert jailed for stash of 10,000 child abuse pics

A MAN caught with 10,000 images and 50 videos of child sexual abuse at his home after an online sting operation involving undercover British police has been jailed.

- BY TOM TUITE

Electronic engineer Mark Barlow, 61, formerly of Clonlost, Kilucan, Co Westmeath, was arrested following a series of disturbing online chats with an undercover police officer in Yorkshire about fantasies involving young girls and toddlers.

The ex-Royal Navy officer, from England but living in Ireland for several years, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998, at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court.