Barristers for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said that the girl had suicidal ideation and required therapy after being defiled by Ben Lawlor, now 22, of Ban ne Gréinne, Craddockstown, Naas, Co Kildare.

Gardaí were told that McInerney had been in communication with two people who he believed were 14-year-old girls