Overview
- Morrison pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to sexually assaulting two children, sexual exploitation, and producing and possessing child sexual abuse material.
- The offences occurred in a dance school changing room in 2023 and on March 9, 2024, and involved victims aged eight and nine.
- Gardaí recovered a self-recorded 2:33 video of the March 2024 assault and found 339 category-one and 853 category-two images, including material retrieved from a damaged phone.
- The eight-year term was backdated to July 2024, with Judge Eoin Garavan calling the recording an aggravating factor and noting a high assessed risk of reoffending.
- Victim impact statements detailed severe, ongoing trauma for the children and families, and reporting states Morrison attempted to resume teaching within weeks of his arrest.