A judge has ordered Facebook and
twitter to be brought before him to answer for allegations of contempt of court over the
publication of pictures identifying the 2 boys convicted of murdering Ana
Kriegel.
Mr. Justice Michael White directed representatives of the social media
giants to come to the
Central criminal court
tomorrow after he was
told of an alleged
“willful disregard” of the law and court orders banning the identification of the boys.
The judge additionally made an interim order for the removal of the photos in question
and restraining further
publication of any material identifying Boy
A and Boy B.
He granted the orders following an application brought by lawyers
for the Director of Public Prosecutions this afternoon.
Brendan Grehan SC said he had an “urgent
application” to make following
the conclusion of the trial before Mr. Justice
Paul McDermott yesterday.
He said the 2 convicted boys were 14 years old; as
such they were covered by
the provisions of Section 252 (1) of the children Act, and nothing should be published or broadcast that tended to identify them.
