A BROTHER OF the murdered crime journalist Veronica Guerin has received a fully suspended sentence for possession of child pornography.

Martin Guerin (68) of Portmarnock Drive, Portmarnock, Co Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to knowingly possessing 901 images and 146 video files of child pornography at his address on 17 September 2014.

Guerin’s sister Veronica was shot dead in her car while stopped at traffic lights on the Naas Road at Newlands Cross on 26 June 1996.

Passing sentence today, Judge Martin Nolan said that the court should consider a non-custodial sentence in cases of this nature in which there were no aggravating factors such as previous convictions. He said there were no aggravating factors in this case.