"A teacher and GAA coach, caught by undercover officers posing as 13-year-old girls, has been handed a 12-month prison sentence."
"Despite defence submissions that Edward Andrew Grieve's offending could be met with either probation or an Enhanced Combination Order, Judge Philip Gilpin disagreed and told the 42-year-old his offending was so serious that he had to go to jail."
Edward Andrew Grieve, aged 42, served as a teacher and GAA coach and was convicted after undercover officers posed as 13-year-old girls. The undercover operation led to charges that prompted defence submissions seeking a non-custodial outcome such as probation or an Enhanced Combination Order. Judge Philip Gilpin considered the submissions but found the offending sufficiently serious to require imprisonment. The judge rejected the proposed alternatives and imposed a 12-month prison sentence, emphasizing that the nature and gravity of the offending warranted immediate custody rather than community-based penalties.
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