The Ciaran Tobin Case: Marci & Petra's story

Friday, April 18, 2008

Marci & Petra's story

Marci Zoltai (4) and Petra Zoltai (2), of Leanyfalu, Hungary, were killed by Ciaran Tobin 8 years ago, on April 9, 2000.

He confessed to the crime. He was convicted and sentenced in a Court of Law. But he's never spent one minute in jail, thanks to his thick wallet, star-studded defense lawyers, and with a little help from the Public Prosecutor and the Judge.

We make no bones about it: we agree with Dr. Tóth, the Zoltai family's lawyer when he says "what is at stake here is the credibility of the Hungarian judicial system".

It is the purpose of this site to draw attention to a case that is causing a crisis gripping Hungary, Ireland and the judicial system of the European Union.

May Marci and Petra rest in peace.

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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.