File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_2001/aut-op-sy.0108, message 19


From: "Karl Carlile" <dagda-AT-eircom.net>
Subject: AUT: Genoa-Imprisoned Irishman 
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 07:32:17 +0100


Please circulate the following report

Concerns raised about arrest of Dublin man
Irish Times August First 2001
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By Marie O'Halloran
Friends of a Dublin man arrested in Italy after G8 summit protests in Genoa
have expressed concern about the manner of his arrest and detention and the
charges against him.

Mr Joe Moffatt (31), from Drimnagh, a master's student in media studies at
the DIT, has been charged with resisting arrest and possession of a weapon,
a Swiss army knife, while returning to his campsite.

A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said Italian authorities
were conducting forensic tests on the knife, the results of which had been
expected earlier this week.

Mr Kieran Hegarty (24), from Togher, Cork, was with Mr Moffatt when they
were stopped by police. They were walking by what appeared to be an armoured
car depot when they saw a police car outside.

Mr Hegarty said Mr Moffatt was caught as he was between the vehicle and the
depot gates.

Mr Moffatt's girlfriend, Ms Rena Nagle, said she was so angry about what
happened to him, she was considering going to Canada for next year's G8
summit.

Regards
Karl Carlile
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