Sex offender not afforded fair procedures over loss of prison privileges

A sex offender who used prison phone call privileges to pass on information so his son could use it on a website to make derogatory comments about his victim was not afforded fair procedures when he was disciplined over the matter, the High Court has ruled.

But Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy said former law lecturer Brian Doolan (73), who was convicted of sexually abusing his nephew Stephen Kershaw, should not get a new disciplinary hearing because the 30-day loss of phone and visitor privileges imposed on him had already been served.