How Fugitive Dodged the Law... ; Loophole Allowed Paedophile to Escape [Eire Region Edition 2]

Mail on Sunday › September 18, 2011

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A US fugitive who fled here evaded capture by Interpol for years after a loophole allowed him to use the Irish spelling of his name to get an Irish passport.

Shawn Sullivan, who in 1996 walked free from Dublin's Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two 12- year-old girls, received his passport at the same time as American authorities alerted Interpol.

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How Fugitive Dodged the Law... ; Loophole Allowed Paedophile to Escape [Eire Region Edition 2]

The 42-year-old is wanted in the US to face charges on paedophile offences. He was only caught after a major operation involving gardai and police from the US and...

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