10 MAN WHO SHOT SEX ACT WITH INFANT IS CAGED
A MAN who admitted filming himself carrying out “vile” sex acts on an infant boy, and who then shared the depraved video footage with others via the “kik” social media platform, was yesterday sentenced to six years in jail with the final two years suspended.
Jamie Marshall (35), a well-known car thief and joyrider, who had 133 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to knowingly possessing child pornography, knowingly producing child pornography, knowingly distributing child pornography; defilement of a child; and using communication technology to facilitate the sexual exploitation of a child, on or before December 30, 2020.
Judge Tom O’Donnell lifted reporting restrictions to allow the identification of the defendant at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court,
He ordered that the specifics of Marshall’s home address, where his parents continue to reside, not be reported.
Marshall’s barrister, senior counsel Brian McInerney, told the court his client’s elderly parents were “concerned” their address would be published.
The mother of the child told the court she wished to waive her right to anonymity, however, the court ordered that the child could not be identified. was sentenced to six years
Credit
Judge O’Donnell said Marshall was entitled to “credit” on his sentence for pleading guilty to all of the charges at the earliest opportunity, for fully co-operating with the Garda investigation, and for having being in custody awaiting sentence since May 2, 2023. He had not taken up bail.
However, the judge said he had to impose an immediate custodial sentence, and he described Marshall’s behaviour as “appalling, vile, egregious and despicable”.
“It was depravity of the highest order with an infant child,” the judge added.
After sentence was imposed, the boy’s mother approached Marshall, telling him: “You better hang yourself up in that jail. You are a dirty, ugly, smelly, horrible scumbag.”