World's biggest supplier of child pornography refused bail for second time

An Irishman described by an FBI special agent as “the largest facilitator of child porn in the world” has been refused bail for a second time at the High Court.

Mr Justice John Edwards yesterday afternoon said that, having taken “considerable time” to review the evidence in the case, he was not disposed to grant bail to Eric Eoin Marques, who is wanted in the US on charges relating to conspiring to distribute and advertise child pornography, and advertising and distributing child pornography.

He said concerns that Mr Marques may abscond or interfere with evidence were such that he could not grant him bail even on a regime of strict conditions.