Kevin Doyle

He told the boy that he was addicted to pornography.

The boy was shocked and didn't respond.

And Ram and Morthy then said to him, I win, truth or dare.

So that was the end of that interaction.

And after that...

The boy confided in his sister about what had happened and she told the boy's parents who went to Gardaí and the child was interviewed by Specialist Gardaí afterwards.

And that's when detectives went to Ramamorthy's home and searched it and the images were discovered on his laptop.

Yeah, the victim impact statement was very powerful.

It was read out by barristers in court.

The victim said that he now has a lack of trust in others and he's really suspicious about other people's motives.

There were two trials in this case and he said that he found the experience of those really extremely stressful.

His life had to be put on hold for a period of time as a result of it.

He drew attention to the fact that Ram and Morthy had tried to discredit him and say he was lying, this kind of victim blaming.

And he said he suffered numerous sleepless nights thinking about what would have happened if he had engaged with Ram and Morthy further.

It's really at the appeal hearing that all of this sort of blows up into the media.

Judge John Edwards makes reference to the numerous character references which were supplied.

Now, these character references would have been supplied last May at sentencing.

So after Raman Morthy's convicted, his defense team supplied these references as mitigation for his sentence.

So in looking back at the case and how it was handled and how the sentencing was handled, Judge John Edwards and the two judges who are on the Court of Appeal with him look at these references again.

And he said last week that it was quite extraordinary that the testimonials that were offered, one of them was from an unnamed TD, made absolutely no reference to the victim.