Eric Eoin Marques extradition hearing delayed over child abuse image charges

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Eric Eoin Marques’s extradition hearing was delayed at the High Court in Dublin after his lawyers presented medical evidence that he had been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. The hearing was postponed until the following month.

Marques is wanted in the United States in connection with four counts: advertising child abuse images, distributing child abuse images, conspiracy to advertise child abuse images and conspiracy to distribute child abuse images. The report said he faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted.

The report said that, in November, Marques told the Director of Public Prosecutions he would admit in an Irish court to advertising and distributing child abuse images. It also reported that a judicial review was under way to determine whether the DPP was right to indicate that Marques would not be charged in Ireland.