Eric Eoin Marques accused of being world’s biggest facilitator of child pornography
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of Eric Eoin Marques a man accused of being the world’s biggest facilitator of child pornography.
Last year the Supreme Court agreed to hear Mr Marques’s appeal on the basis that it raised points of law that were of public significance. The court was also asked if the reasons given by the Minister in making the decision to extradite Mr Marques were adequate.Giving the court’s decision Mr Justice Peter Charleton said the Minister for Justice “was not under an obligation to seek reasons from the DPP as to why a suspect is not being prosecuted in Ireland”.
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