It follows the DUP's Edwin Poots calling for prosecutors and the Attorney General to appeal Walker's 'lenient' sentence
The Public Prosecution Service and Attorney General say they have no power to appeal former DUP councillor William Walker's sentence for child sex offences.
Read more:'Paedophile hunter' group reveals how they caught ex-DUP councillor William Walker 'grooming children' He had posed online as a younger man and asked two "children" to send him pictures in their school uniforms. The PPS said it was "not legally possible" for it to refer to the Court of Appeal the particular offences in this case.
"Therefore it is not legally possible for the director to refer the sentence handed down in this case.A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's office said: "I can advise that the Attorney General does not have the power to refer sentences to the Court of Appeal for review. Walker, from Killyleagh but with a current address at Palentine Road in Blackpool, set up a fake Facebook profile in the name 'Peter Patterson'.
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