He said that Palmer made a series of payments via Paypal to the girls, who were aged 14 to 16, of sums of between £10 and £150 which totalled £2,779. The youngest of Palmer’s victims was just 12 and although there was no evidence of Palmer ever paying her money, she sent him 16 images and three videos of sexually explicit material featuring herself, said Det Garda Sleator. He paid her £245,” said Det Garda Sleator.
She sent him eight images and five videos.
She said he would be like a director.’He would dictate everything I would do in the video’.
He asked her for images of herself masturbating. Adam Palmer asked her to confirm she was 16. The girl said Palmer complimented her on her appearance and arranged to meet her in a London hotel room and although he did not turn up, he persuaded the girl to send him eight images and 31 videos for which he paid her more than £1,000. The investigation unearthed seven possible victims, all based in the UK, and two of the girls were interviewed by British police, including a 15-year-old who stated that she had told Palmer she was 15 and he offered her money through Paypal to send him on sexually explicit images and videos. “Police linked up with gardaí and an investigation was then launched,” said Det Garda Sleator, adding Palmer made certain admissions when gardai searched his house under warrant. The girl’s mother alerted British police who opened an investigation and traced the Paypal account to Palmer.
A 27-year-old Cork man paid girls as young as 14 to pose for child abuse videos and images which they sent to him from the UK via Snapchat while he also got similar material from a 12-year-old girl without paying her.Īdam Palmer, of Ballyhooleen, Ballinhassig, faces sentencing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court next year after he pleaded guilty to possession of child abuse images and using computer information technology for the purpose of sexual exploitation.ĭet Garda Fintan Sleator, of the West Cork Protective Services Unit, said the offences came to light when a woman living in the UK became aware in January 2020 that her 14-year-old daughter had received payments via Paypal in exchange for sexually explicit pictures of herself.
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