Porn accused withheld password

State lawyers in the extradition case of an Irishman who is alleged to be the “largest facilitator of child porn in the world” have told the High Court that he would not give the password for his computer to gardaí.

US authorities are seeking the surrender of Eric Eoin Marques, 30, who allegedly owns and administer an anonymous hosting site known as Freedom Hosting, to face charges relating to conspiring to distribute and advertise child pornography and advertising and distributing child pornography.

Mr Marques, with an address at Mountjoy Square in central Dublin, has been in custody since his arrest in August 2013.