'Some' charges against Seán Binder set to be annulled

MEP Grace O'Sullivan said: "The prosecution has acknowledged serious flaws in the charges against the 24 defendants."

Sean Binder was arrested in 2018 while he was in Greece helping migrants who had travelled across the Mediterranean. Picture: AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas

An Irish MEP has welcomed the decision by the judge in the case against Kerry humanitarian Seán Binder to annul "some" of the charges against him and 23 others.

Mr Binder, who grew up in Kerry, is one of 24 rescue workers facing a number of charges in Greece, including misdemeanour counts of espionage-related offences, illegal access to state communications, and assisting criminal activity.