Newspaper report delays garda child porn trial

Judge Michael White has advised that the Director of Public Prosecutions should instigate an investigation into the publishing by Ireland on Sunday of an article giving intricate details of the upcoming trial of a garda accused of possessing child pornography.

Garda Darach Kennedy (aged 38), based at Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two charges of possession of child pornography on November 7 and December 11, 2002.