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Irish man caught in US child abuse sting appeals extradition order
Summary
A 46-year-old man from Crossmolina, County Mayo, has appealed an extradition order to the United States at the High Court. Martin Jude Wall was arrested in Ireland last December following his identification in a 2012 US police operation targeting online child exploitation. Wall had engaged in online contact with a profile he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, sending explicit messages and images before travelling to meet her. The profile was operated by US detectives, who apprehended him at the meeting location. In 2012, Wall pleaded guilty to attempting to entice a child for indecent purposes and received a custodial sentence followed by a 15-year probation bond. He absconded from the United States in 2014 and returned to Ireland. US authorities located him in Mayo in 2019, and his arrest warrant was executed in November of that year. Wall now faces extradition to Georgia to address allegations of breaching his probation conditions. At the High Court last month, Mr Justice Paul Burns ordered his surrender.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Irish man caught in US child abuse sting appeals extradition order. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 2012 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 2019 Incident
- November 2019 Incident
- 2021-11-04 Publication
Why: " Ms Duffy told the court Wall was being extradited to face a hearing over "the breach of probation he engaged in" and he had fled the US authorities because he found the conditions attached to his probation "onerous". CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Detective Sergeant James Kirwan, from the Garda Extradition Unit, told Ms Duffy that Wall had been convicted of a "very serious" offence and the sentenced he faced was "significant".; Simon Matthews BL, for Wall, said his client had previously been granted bail last December and had abided by the strict terms attached to his release until he was remanded in custody last month. "All of his travel documents have been surrendered and his internet access has been restricted to Google Maps," the barrister told the court.
Places mentioned
- High Court
- The High Court
Topics
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