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| '''Brian Curtin''' is an ] ] ] who was caught with images of ] on his ]. | |||
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| == Arrest and trial == | |||
| According to the ], '''Brian Curtin''' is an ] ] ] who was caught with images of ] on his ] as a result of ]. His trial was in ]. However the ] the ] expired the day before his house was searched and his computer was seized. This made it an illegal search and hence the evidence found on that search (i.e., the child pornography on his computer) could not be used in ]. The case against him then had no evidence and he was declared innocent by a court of law. He could then have returned to his job as a judge. This caused great public outrage in ]. The ] started trying to sack him. However the ] only allows for a judge to be removed for 'stated misbehavour', and there are many legal questions about whether or not he can be removed, as the only evidence was as a result of a technically illegal search. | |||
| Curtin was targeted by police after investigation of a ] credit card transactions in an investigation codenamed ].{{ref|Credit_Card}} ] detectives recieved and executed a ], finding 273 images of child pornography. Curtin's extended absence from his home, however, mean that the search was one day late.{{ref|Old_Warnt}} | |||
| The results of an ], the evidence found on that search could not be used in ]. Curtain was released without charges, the judge declaring that the case was "crystal clear".{{ref|Bas_Search}} Curtain then refused to step down, stating he only be removed for "stated misbehaviour".{{ref|Stays_on}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| *BBC links: | |||
| == Outcry == | |||
| **http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3655115.stm | |||
| Public response was swift. Online opinon polls showed little support for his continuing to serve on the bench.{{ref|Onl_Poll}}. The ] moved to impeach Curtain within months, saying he was "unsuitable to exercise the office of a judge of the Circuit Court".{{ref|Imp_beg}} | |||
| **http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3716995.stm | |||
| **http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3723059.stm | |||
| == References == | |||
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| #{{Note|Credit_Card}} , ''Curtin detective rules out virus '', The Sunday Business Post May 16, 2004. | |||
| #{{Note|Old_Warnt}} , ''Judge Curtin's home staked out for days'', The Sunday Business Post May 02, 2004 | |||
| #{{Note|Bas_Search}} RTE News and Current Affairs, 23 April 2004. | |||
| #{{Note|Stays_on}} , ''Supreme Court to deliver Curtin judgment in March'', Ireland Online, January 19 2006 | |||
| #{{Note|Onl_Poll}} , ''Do you think Judge Brian Curtin should step down from the bench?'', Irish Independant | |||
| ⚫ | #{{ref|Imp_beg}} , BBC news, 2 June 2004. | ||
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Revision as of 14:56, 19 January 2006
Brian Curtin is an Irish circuit court judge who was caught with images of child pornography on his computer.
Arrest and trial
Curtin was targeted by police after investigation of a 1999 credit card transactions in an investigation codenamed Operation Amethyst. Gardai detectives recieved and executed a search warrant, finding 273 images of child pornography. Curtin's extended absence from his home, however, mean that the search was one day late.
The results of an illegal search, the evidence found on that search could not be used in court. Curtain was released without charges, the judge declaring that the case was "crystal clear". Curtain then refused to step down, stating he only be removed for "stated misbehaviour".
Outcry
Public response was swift. Online opinon polls showed little support for his continuing to serve on the bench.. The Irish Government moved to impeach Curtain within months, saying he was "unsuitable to exercise the office of a judge of the Circuit Court".
References
- [Barry O'Kelly, Curtin detective rules out virus , The Sunday Business Post May 16, 2004.
- Barry O'Kelly, Judge Curtin's home staked out for days, The Sunday Business Post May 02, 2004
- Trial of judge Curtin collapses RTE News and Current Affairs, 23 April 2004.
- Irish Headlines, Supreme Court to deliver Curtin judgment in March, Ireland Online, January 19 2006
- Selected Irish Independent Poll, Do you think Judge Brian Curtin should step down from the bench?, Irish Independant
- Motion to impeach judge begins, BBC news, 2 June 2004.
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