The Ciaran Tobin Case: 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Tobin apologizes to victims' father: HVG

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Tobin on the plane

As agreed by the two governments, Ciaran Tobin is being transfered to jail on Irish land to complete his sentence. According to Navrasics, he will stay in prison until, at least, September 4, 2015.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Ireland ready to take over Tobin

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Tobin to be transfered to Irish jail

The Hungarian government has kept its word. Tobin, upon his request submitted yesterday, has been allowed to be transfered to an Irish prison within days.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Thank you, Mr. Tobin

At this point, it is only fair that we also thank Mr. Ciaran Tobin for finally seeing the light of day and facing long-overdue justice. Thank you Mr. Tobin. (But why did it take 13 years?)

13 years overdue: Ciaran Tobin goes to jail

Ciaran Tobin on route to Hungary!

As announced by the victims' father:

Summary UPDATED

UPDATE:
On January 13, justice was served. Ciaran Tobin started his jail term in a Hungarian prison cell. As agreed by the Hungarian and Irish governments, he will be allowed, upon his request, to complete his prison sentence in Ireland.

With this, our 13-year struggle for justice has come to an end, although the pain of losing our children will stay with us forever.

At this time, we would like to thank to all the people, known and unknown, who have fought for justice with us. Thank you.

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On April 9, 2000, Ciaran Tobin, of Sutton, Ireland, ran over and killed 1.5 year old Petra and 4.5 year old Marci Zoltai on the sidewalk at a Zebra crossing in Leányfalu, Hungary as he was racing at 80km/h in a 50km/h zone.

Although sentenced to 3 years in prison, he made his way out of the country, and escaped justice until 2014. Ireland refused to surrender him for years and neither carried out the sentence on its own land.

This site is a reminder that it took almost 14 years to serve justice in this tragic case.

The site is also a tribute to two innocent and beautiful children, Marci and Petra, who were robbed from all of us at 3.45pm, on a sunny Sunday afternoon, April 9, 2000. We love you and will not forget you.