Cameron Blair’s murderer entitled to anonymity, court rules
The Supreme Court has ruled that protections prohibiting the naming of a young man convicted of murdering the Co Cork student Cameron Blair should continue to apply throughout and beyond the conclusion of the proceedings relating to the case, including appeals.
The court’s judgment, delivered by Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley on Thursday, overrules a landmark Court of Appeal judgment permitting the naming of the young man, who was 17 years old when he pleaded guilty to Mr Blair’s murder on the Bandon Road in Cork on January 16th, 2020.
The young man had reached adulthood when the Court of Appeal last year dismissed his appeal against being sentenced to life detention with a review to be conducted after serving 13 years. The court also held that the media could identify an accused who turns 18 during their criminal court proceedings or appeals.
This dislodged a long-standing interpretation of section 93 of the Children Act, 2001 that identity protections for child offenders continue…
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