A circuit court judge has been returned for trial to the next sitting of the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee on a charge of possessing child pornography.
Judge Brian Curtin of Tralee, Co Kerry was present in Tralee District Court today.
A bench warrant was to have been issued for his arrest if he failed to attend the court, Judge Humphrey Kelleher said at the previous adjourned hearing of the case in the court on April 30th last.
At that hearing Judge Kelleher declined jurisdiction saying the offence as alleged was "most serious" and not fit to be tried summarily. He ordered the Book of Evidence to be served on or before June 11th.
A large folder of images, allegedly found on Judge Curtin's computer, was handed into the court by Supt Noel White from the National Bureau of Crime Investigation.
Today was the third time the case of possessing child pornography was before the court having been first adjourned in January last because Judge Curtin was unable to appear on health grounds. He was unable to attend on April 30th also on health grounds, it was claimed.