DPP challenges judge's decision to send evidence abroad in child porn case

Action claims gardaí would lose control over images if hard drive leaves jurisdiction for analysis

The DPP has launched a High Court challenge against a judge's direction that a copy of a hard drive allegedly containing thousands of images of child pornography be sent abroad for expert analysis.

The DPP has brought the action regarding the images on the drive, which are to be used in evidence in a forthcoming criminal trial, because gardaí would lose effective control over the images once they leave the jurisdiction.