Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal against landmark ruling permitting naming of Cameron Blair’s murderer

A panel of three Supreme Court judges said the young man’s appeal contains matters of general public importance. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien

Last January, after he had reached adulthood, the Court of Appeal 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.

The question of whether anonymity applies to people convicted as children who appear before the courts as adults on appeal will have an impact on a “large number” of people who “age out” during proceedings, said Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley, Mr Justice Brian Murray and Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly. The man’s lawyers submitted that important issues arise concerning the protection of children in the criminal justice system and issues of fairness to children exercising a right of appeal.

The Supreme Court judges said they have also permitted another appeal that concerns different issues of section 93. The cases, which bear a degree of overlap, may be heard together, they said. The sentencing court heard he was acting as a “peacemaker” outside the house party in Cork city and told friends: “Don’t worry lads, I don’t want to be fighting”, moments after the accused stabbed him with a knife to his neck. The court was told Mr Blair had earlier that night “extended the hand of friendship” to his murderer when he suggested the 17-year-old and his friends be permitted into the party.

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