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Mon 12 Dec 2003Deciding when to handcuff
A minor skirmish occurred in Seanad Éireann last week about the inconsistent use of handcuffs when prisoners are being taken from court, writes John Waters
The discussion was provoked by the fact that the former Christian brother, Maurice Tobin, convicted of the sexual abuse of 25 boys in Letterfrack, was not handcuffed when led from court in Galway, whereas George Redmond, convicted the previous week on charges of corruption, had been handcuffed to a prison officer when he was led away to prison.
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