A letter about conditions for mentally ill inmates in US prisons has been written to the presiding judge in the extradition case of an Irishman the FBI claim is the “largest facilitator of child porn in the world.”
The letter, written by a prisoner in the US, was mentioned yesterday at the High Court by Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly.
Eric Eoin Marques, who is alleged to be the owner and administrator of an anonymous hosting site known as Freedom Hosting, is wanted by the US authorities to face charges relating to conspiring to distribute and advertise child pornography and advertising and distributing child pornography.
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The 30-year-old, with an address at Mountjoy Square in central Dublin, has been in custody since his arrest in August 2013, after he was refused bail over concerns he represented a flight risk and that he may abscond or interfere with evidence in the case.