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A 35-year-old man was convicted of violating the Juvenile Law by naming a convicted teenage murderer on social media.
Glen Dunphy told gardaí that he searched for and published the name of a teenager convicted of the murder of a girl because he had daughters himself, a court was told.
Dunphy of Lartigue Village, Listowel, was summoned to Listowel District Court in November on a single charge of having published the name of the teenager, whose identity is protected by the Juvenile Act 2001, who was pending before the Central Criminal Court. , on his Twitter account.
Online search
Sergeant Kieran O’Connell told Judge David Waters that the matter was “indictable,” but that the Public Ministry director had said it could be dealt with in District Court.
Garda Adrian Gildea in the evidence recounted how following the conviction of two teenagers last year for the murder of a teenage girl, Dunphy did an online search in an effort to uncover the name.
He then posted the name on a Twitter thread, speculating on the boys’ identities.
Angry for killing
Attorney Patrick Mann told police his client only sought the boy’s name because he was angry about the murder and because he had daughters. The garda agreed.
Judge David Waters said the charge was serious. The judge said there was no question that Dunphy knew he was doing something he shouldn’t be doing.
Dunphy pleaded guilty in Listowel on Thursday to the one count. He was convicted and fined 600 euros.
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