Lawyers for alleged 'child porn facilitator' say extradition would be 'entirely disproportionate'

Lawyers fighting the extradition of an Irishman who is alleged to be the "largest facilitator of child porn in the world" have told the High Court they are seeking the DPP’s reasons for refusing to prosecute him.

US authorities are seeking the extradition of Eric Eoin Marques (aged 30), who is alleged to be the owner and administrator of 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.