Judge turns up in court to face child porn charge
Judge Brian Curtin, who had twice previously failed to appear before District Judge Humphrey Kelleher at Tralee Court, yesterday arrived at the courthouse with his solicitor, Robert Pierse, 25 minutes before the court started at 11am.
Judge Curtin, 51, was returned for trial to the next sittings of the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee, due to commence on July 22, on a charge of knowingly possessing child pornography, under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998, at his home, 24 Ard na Li, Tralee, on May 27 last year.
