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	A Romanian man who admitted accessing child pornography at a Dublin hostel has avoided going to jail on condition that he continues to attend counselling.</p>
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	Iosif Antili (41) of St Ignatius Avenue, Dublin 7, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing child pornography on December 6, 2010 and January 13, 2011.</p>
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	Passing sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, Judge Mary Ellen Ring said there was no evidence that Antili had distributed any of the pornography.</p>
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	She noted Antili has no previous offences and co-operated with garda&iacute; throughout their investigations.</p>
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	But Judge Ring said accessing child pornography was &ldquo;not a victimless crime&rdquo; and that the children in the images, although they would probably never been identified, had been abused.</p>
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	She sentenced him to two and a half years in prison but suspended it in full on condition that he continues to attend counselling.</p>
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	Garda Neil Woods told Tara Burns BL, prosecuting, that the abuse emerged after Antili&#39;s laptop went missing.</p>
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	Antili went to the manager of the Dublin Budget Accommodation Hostel where he was staying and said his laptop had been stolen from his room.</p>
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	Hostel manager Paula Fagan told garda&iacute; that as she had known Antili for 18 months, she lent him her own personal laptop on December 6, 2010.</p>
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	When he returned it to her on January 13, 2011, Ms Fagan noticed that her laptop had a new toolbar and a different browser.</p>
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	Several internet sites had been accessed, including sites of pre-teen, schoolgirl and baby pornography.</p>
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	Ms Fagan said when she checked the sites and saw pictures of naked children she was shocked and immediately rang garda&iacute;. Garda&iacute; then seized the laptop and found 89 illegal images.</p>
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	On April 15, 2011, garda&iacute; searched Antili&#39;s house and seized another Samsung laptop, containing 12 image files and three movie clips of child pornography.</p>
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	Antili was arrested and said he had accessed adult movies and that images of children had popped up on the screen. He told garda&iacute; he had no interest in children and had been involved in helping homeless children in Romania.</p>
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	Garda&iacute; said the images found on the computer showed young girls aged between 8 and 14, semi-naked or naked, with their genitalia exposed. The movie clip, which had been downloaded three times, showed a girl aged 10 giving oral sex to a man.</p>
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	Justin McQuade BL, defending, said Antili entered an early guilty plea. He said his client was a single, quiet-living man who had a full-time job in a restaurant. He said he sent his wages home to support his family in Romania.</p>
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	Mr McQuade said Antili is not on the garda radar, is &ldquo;otherwise a model citizen&rdquo; and is paying to attend therapy twice a month.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-who-accessed-child-pornography-at-dublin-hostel-walks-free-from-court-30430255.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-who-accessed-child-pornography-at-dublin-hostel-walks-free-from-court-30430255.html</a></p>
