Credit: Bucks County Department of Corrections
Former Falls Township tattoo artist Walter Meyerle, 36, was in court on claims the lawyers who represented him during his criminal child molestation case where was was found guilty of 170-sex related charges in 2012 were not fully prepared, PhillyBurbs.com reported Thursday afternoon.
Meyerle “has decided not to question whether his rights were violated because his two former court-appointed attorneys were not given more time to prepare for trial,” PhillyBurbs.com courts reporter Laurie Mason Schroeder wrote. He still plans to file appeals in his case, she reported.
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At the time of his sentencing in early 2013, Meyerle’s case received global attention after he was sentenced to between 494 and 989 years in state prison.
The 36-year-old preyed on male and female children in Bensalem, Bristol Borough, Bristol Township and Falls from the late 1990s until 2010, authorities said at the time of his arrest . One victim was reported to be as young as 4.
The county District Attorney opened an investigation into possible witness tampering that may have happened during his trial. Officials have released no further word on that investigation.
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Click here to read more about Thursday’s hearing on PhillyBurbs.com
