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In 2019, Patrick Dillon, of Dalgaish Park, Moyross, Limerick, stabbed his nephew Brooklyn Colbert to death.
The 28-year-old was jailed in February but he couldn t be identified at the time because of Section 252 of the Children Act.
Changes to the law took effect last week and with the order now lifted, Brooklyn s mother, Sonia Aylmer is now free to publicly talk about her son.
Sonia was part of the campaign to have Section 252 amended so today is a special day for her:
Man who murdered his nephew can now be named as court order is lifted
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A CONVICTED child murderer can now be named following a successful application by RTÉ to lift a court order that prevented the man and his victim from being publicly identified.
The Children (Amendment) Act 2021 was signed into law by President Michael D Higgins last month after passing in the Dail and the Seanad and came into force last Friday.
This means that, following a controversial Court of Appeal ruling in October last year, the law has now been changed to remove the restriction on naming deceased children except in certain exceptional circumstances. In cases where specific orders remain, applications have to be made to the courts by media organisations or relatives in each case to lift those orders.
A convicted child murderer can now be named following a successful application by RTÃ to lift a court order that prevented the man and his victim from being publicly identified.
The Children (Amendment) Act 2021 was signed into law by President Michael D Higgins last month after passing in the Dáil and the Seanad and came into force last Friday.
This means that, following a controversial Court of Appeal ruling in October last year, the law has now been changed to remove the restriction on naming deceased children except in certain exceptional circumstances. In cases where specific orders remain, applications have to be made to the courts by media organisations or relatives in each case to lift those orders.
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