A solicitor accused of possessing child pornography has been found not guilty by direction of Judge Yvonne Murphy at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
Sean Foley, 38, of Percy Place in Dublin, had pleaded not guilty to knowingly having child pornography contained in temporary Internet files on a computer hard drive in 2002.
The direction to acquit came on day ten of the trial, following submissions from defence counsel, Denis Vaughan Buckley SC.
Judge Murphy found that there was insufficient evidence that Mr Foley was in knowing possession of images in the temporary Internet folder.
