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Gardai acquitted....

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Predalien


    7Sins wrote: »
    I'm afraid I do as it is the case. You're innocent until proven guilty and it is up to the prosecution to prove that you're guilty otherwise. Presumed innocence means the accused is innocent unless proven guilty. It's not up to the accused to prove his innocence ever, he is innocent until proven guilty.

    It's as simple as that, everyone is innocent until proven guilty, presumed innocence means innocence before a trial and a verdict of not guilty means innocent after the trial.

    Or will we all go around in circles again :pac:

    No it means the presumption has not been rebutted. So it's still presumed innocent in the eyes of the law.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭usernamegoes


    7Sins wrote: »
    I'm afraid I do as it is the case. You're innocent until proven guilty and it is up to the prosecution to prove that you're guilty otherwise. Presumed innocence means the accused is innocent unless proven guilty. It's not up to the accused to prove his innocence ever, he is innocent until proven guilty.

    It's as simple as that, everyone is innocent until proven guilty, presumed innocence means innocence before a trial and a verdict of not guilty means innocent after the trial.

    Or will we all go around in circles again :pac:

    No, I got all I need from that response. You clearly haven't a grasp on how logic works. You think that the jury have somehow got the power to change history. :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 526 ✭✭✭7Sins


    No, I got all I need from that response. You clearly haven't a grasp on how logic works. You think that the jury have somehow got the power to change history. :rolleyes:

    We're you getting that from :confused: If the jury find someone not guilty, they aren't altering the course of history but simply found someone not guilty of a crime. As much as that hurts it means innocent :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 526 ✭✭✭7Sins


    Predalien wrote: »
    No it means the presumption has not been rebutted. So it's still presumed innocent in the eyes of the law.

    Presumed innocence means innocent prior to a verdict. Not guilty is innocent in my eyes after a verdict :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Predalien


    7Sins wrote: »
    We're you getting that from :confused: If the jury find someone not guilty, they aren't altering the course of history but simply found someone not guilty of a crime. As much as that hurts it means innocent :rolleyes:

    So it seems you think people like OJ Simpson and Casey Anthony were all found to be innocent?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Sofa King Great


    Predalien wrote: »
    So it seems you think people like OJ Simpson and Casey Anthony were all found to be innocent?

    They are innocent of the charges that were put to them in the court.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 526 ✭✭✭7Sins


    Predalien wrote: »
    So it seems you think people like OJ Simpson and Casey Anthony were all found to be innocent?

    They were found to be not guilty which means innocent


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Predalien


    They are innocent of the charges that were put to them in the court.

    Legally they were found not guilty, there was no finding of innocence. This is seriously going in circles so I'm gonna leave it at that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭usernamegoes


    7Sins wrote: »
    We're you getting that from :confused: If the jury find someone not guilty, they aren't altering the course of history but simply found someone not guilty of a crime. As much as that hurts it means innocent :rolleyes:

    You said he IS IN FACT innocent i.e. he did not do anything that would constitute a crime UNTIL the jury find him guilty. So logically, if before hand he didn't commit a crime then jury are able to say he did then they are changing facts. That way we say he was presumed not to have done it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Predalien


    7Sins wrote: »
    They were found to be not guilty which means innocent

    Okay one last one, you actually think not guilty means innocent?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 225 ✭✭Hedman


    The "sure he deserved it" brigade is generally finely balanced by the "Oh i know he had 30 convictions but sure he was a lovely fella who just had a hard upbringing and was misunderstood" brigade

    I honestly haven't seen one person try to make that argument. There's a big difference between people saying the Gardaí should obey the same law they are there to uphold and defending what the little scumbag did.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 526 ✭✭✭7Sins


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    Predalien wrote: »
    Okay one last one, you actually think not guilty means innocent?

    What I think is: If you're innocent until proven guilty and if you're found not guilty you're still 100% innocent. Everyone is always innocent until proven guilty and if not proven guilty then they remain innocent.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 138 ✭✭aftermn


    What about the conduct of the trial?
    Do not both prosecution and defence have counsels? Could it be that one or other didn't do a great job? What right of entry did the defence rely upon? Was the alleged assault the night before relevent to the entry? If so why was it not explored more thoroughly?

    Proof beyond reasonable doubt is a tough standard to reach. We have all seen cases where it appeared guilt was a foregone conclusion, only to see a not guilty verdict emerge. Guilty people do get off sometimes. It is our system, imperfect maybe, but ours. We give the power of decision on guilt to this system, we should either accept what it finds or seek to change the system. Moaning about individual cases is pointless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 JEINKINS12


    and here was me thinking that being proven innocent may just mean that there isnt enough evidence to convict. if i killed my wife but there is not enough evidence to convict that doesnt mean i didnt do it. take joe o reilly for example he killed his wife but there wasnt enough evidence. hold on he might be a bad example. just thinking the only mistake he made was not joining the gardai 6 months before he killed her he would still be free now


    Exquease me..Joe O'Reilly is serving life for murder, he did it and was found guilty.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    This Innocent/not guilty thing can be reasoned out quite easily...

    A person is deemed INNOCENT until PROVEN GUILTY

    Were the gardai in this case PROVEN GUILTY? No

    Therefore if they were not PROVEN GUILY they are INNOCENT.

    On the subject of this little scanger, people are forgetting that he had 30 previous convictions. Good enough for the scrote.

    It is alleged that on the previous evening he assaulted a member of the Gardai, clearly showing no respect for the role of the Gardai or the Criminal Justice system. However, once he finds himself in the opposite scenario, he is the one going off relying on the Gardai and the Criminal Justice system to protect him.

    There are plenty out there with vast numbers of convictions. Clearly these convictions mean nothing to them and have not worked. A bit of a hiding is the only thing they understand.

    Well done on your reasoning of Innocence & Guilt, although your finishing paragraphs have really let you down or maybe not,maybe just shown you up for what you are.

    One 'scrote' ALLEGEDLY assaults a garda,the civilised,proper and justifiable response to that is for a gang of gardai to go visit the (alleged) offender and kick the sweet bejaysus out of him whilst one (or two) restrain his mother from her most maternal instinct of protecting her child.

    It's sick! regardless of wheter he was a little sh!t and deserved a slap or two,those uniformed scumbags where,are & always will be out of order,what they did just makes them the same as a thug in the street,no different from 'scrotes' like the victim in this case.

    p.s.
    I think you'll find that they were actually proven 'guily' they gave him a good hiding full of vigour and guile ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 JEINKINS12


    i agree if the gardai ever come to my house i will lock the door and retreat upstairs with a loaded shotgun. you just cant let these scum go around making up there own laws


    Hope that shotgun is licensed or you'll be breaking the law.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 872 ✭✭✭Sofa King Great


    EarlERizer wrote: »
    Well done on your reasoning of Innocence & Guilt, although your finishing paragraphs have really let you down or maybe not,maybe just shown you up for what you are.

    One 'scrote' ALLEGEDLY assaults a garda,the civilised,proper and justifiable response to that is for a gang of gardai to go visit the (alleged) offender and kick the sweet bejaysus out of him whilst one (or two) restrain his mother from her most maternal instinct of protecting her child.

    It's sick! regardless of wheter he was a little sh!t and deserved a slap or two,those uniformed scumbags where,are & always will be out of order,what they did just makes them the same as a thug in the street,no different from 'scrotes' like the victim in this case.

    p.s.
    I think you'll find that they were actually proven 'guily' they gave him a good hiding full of vigour and guile ;)


    I feel the use of the term scrote for a person with 30 convictions who steals a car from a nun to be entirely justified.

    I also entirely stand by my view point that there are plenty of scumbags in cities, towns and villages around the country that only respond to a few slaps. The Gardai are there to protect civilised members of society, and if to do that they need to give out a few digs then so be it.

    I will sleep soundly in the knowledge that the gardai arent going to enter my house and beat me up because I will not do something which results in the me being on the Gards radar.

    Anyone who continues to break the law after 30 previous convictions revokes their right to be treated with the respect that law abiding people like you and I have earned.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 485 ✭✭the bolt


    charlemont wrote: »
    The bloke bought it on himself, He was acting the big man and he got a beating for it, Those Guards were dead right, They were obviously pissed off about their fellow Guard being assaulted, It could have been worse, The Guards could have claimed he and his mother assaulted them in the house and the Guards could have brought them up for assault. I bet he is the kind of bloke that would call you or I a "Rat" if we brought him up for assault.
    he brought it on himself by laying in his bed in his room.some people on this thread deserve to have a run in with those fine upstanding members of the gardai


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    I feel the use of the term scrote for a person with 30 convictions who steals a car from a nun to be entirely justified.

    I also entirely stand by my view point that there are plenty of scumbags in cities, towns and villages around the country that only respond to a few slaps. The Gardai are there to protect civilised members of society, and if to do that they need to give out a few digs then so be it.

    I will sleep soundly in the knowledge that the gardai arent going to enter my house and beat me up because I will not do something which results in the me being on the Gards radar.

    Anyone who continues to break the law after 30 previous convictions revokes their right to be treated with the respect that law abiding people like you and I have earned.

    What you are describing is a fascist state.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    I feel the use of the term scrote for a person with 30 convictions who steals a car from a nun to be entirely justified.

    I also entirely stand by my view point that there are plenty of scumbags in cities, towns and villages around the country that only respond to a few slaps. The Gardai are there to protect civilised members of society, and if to do that they need to give out a few digs then so be it.

    I will sleep soundly in the knowledge that the gardai arent going to enter my house and beat me up because I will not do something which results in the me being on the Gards radar.

    Anyone who continues to break the law after 30 previous convictions revokes their right to be treated with the respect that law abiding people like you and I have earned.

    I was never questioning your use of the word 'scrote' , it's not one I would use, I use the term 'toe rag' and other less polite terms from time to time.

    Good man ,your right to stand by your viewpoint, you'd only look silly if you didn't stand by your view on things.

    Do you not see it though? when you read over things, do you not see the contradiction in your posts? you profess to live a wholesome law abiding existance and are prepared to turn a blind eye to certain acts of uncivilised behaviour & violence so long as it's been dished out at the hands of a (supposed) protector of law & order in the name of law & order or worse justice?

    Where's the civility in that? violence is violence regardless of wheter it is been committed by a 'scrote/toe rag' or a uniformed member of the gardai!

    Your right,anyone who continues to break the law deserves no respect,respect is not something that should be given freely,it is earned,earned by our actions and how we conduct ourselves,the same rule applies to everyone! The gardai are bound by the law just the same as everyone else.

    p.s. Don't sleep too soundly,they've been known to get things wrong from time to time!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    the bolt wrote: »
    he brought it on himself by laying in his bed in his room.some people on this thread deserve to have a run in with those fine upstanding members of the gardai

    Had plenty of run ins myself with them, And lots of kickings too, So I know what im talking about. Men are men at the end of the day, **** happens.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 960 ✭✭✭Crackle


    EarlERizer wrote: »
    One 'scrote' ALLEGEDLY assaults a garda,the civilised,proper and justifiable response to that is for a gang of gardai to go visit the (alleged) offender and kick the sweet bejaysus out of him whilst one (or two) restrain his mother from her most maternal instinct of protecting her child.

    It's sick! regardless of wheter he was a little sh!t and deserved a slap or two,those uniformed scumbags where,are & always will be out of order,what they did just makes them the same as a thug in the street,no different from 'scrotes' like the victim in this case.

    The gang of gardai ALLEGEDLY visited the (alleged) offender and "kicked the sweet bejaysus out of him."

    P.S. They were tried for it and found not guilty btw ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭goat2


    CiaranC wrote: »
    What you are describing is a fascist state.
    if one of my youngsters had half the convictions, it would be my wish that someone would slap a bit of sense into him, i am sure they were only trying to help the mother, what did she say about this, also is she happy with his conduct,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭usernamegoes


    goat2 wrote: »
    if one of my youngsters had half the convictions, it would be my wish that someone would slap a bit of sense into him, i am sure they were only trying to help the mother, what did she say about this, also is she happy with his conduct,

    Well, the 'slaps' he got didn't work did they? He went onto commit more crimes. Perhaps, if he was arrested, charged, and convicted in accordance with the law we'd all be safer and have saved €500,000 in legal costs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,401 ✭✭✭sonic85


    Well, the 'slaps' he got didn't work did they? He went onto commit more crimes. Perhaps, if he was arrested, charged, and convicted in accordance with the law we'd all be safer and have saved €500,000 in legal costs.

    and a stint in jail with other like minded thugs plus tv, hot food and a roof over his head will definitely turn him off committing further crimes? rrrrrrrriiiiiiiight


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    Crackle wrote: »
    The gang of gardai ALLEGEDLY visited the (alleged) offender and "kicked the sweet bejaysus out of him."

    P.S. They were tried for it and found not guilty btw ;)

    :rolleyes: oh dear.

    It is documented as FACT that the 'gardai' did indeed,with force,enter the abode of the victim without a search or arrest warrant and proceeded to give him a hiding resulting in injuries to the victim. These are FACTS not allegations,the defending gardai dont deny they entered the house or using force against the victim.

    They went on trial and got off ,doesn't make them innocent of the crime, now come on, I'll hazzard a guess at you been intelligent enough to understand that? or do you believe that all those who are found "not guilty" are indeed innocent of the charges they stood trial for?

    p.s. no need for capitals when writing a post script,it's just an after thought ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭usernamegoes


    sonic85 wrote: »
    and a stint in jail with other like minded thugs plus tv, hot food and a roof over his head will definitely turn him off committing further crimes? rrrrrrrriiiiiiiight

    So you're saying what? Execute him?

    But you do agree with me that had he been arrested for this alleged assault charged, convicted, and hopefully imprisoned (that's a different debate) that there would be at least one less crime that occurred and we'd have saved half and million quid. Four Gardai wouldn't have been suspended since 2008 so we'd have 4 extra gardai on the streets.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 238 ✭✭Doublin


    This;



    And a LOT of this



    God be with the days a scumbag took his beating and straightened himself/herself out - bleed'n cry baby IMO.

    Little pox bottle;

    Aren't you a member of the PDF who has been stationed in the Leb? A UN peacekeeping force.. And you are fine about some lad being attacked while in bed by the authorities. Can imagine that you jumped onto the bandwagon of who is good & who is bad pretty easily & shot accordingly in the Leb..

    We should get you back here & post you in Talbot St., adopt the same attitude and take out anyone you don't like.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    goat2 wrote: »
    if one of my youngsters had half the convictions, it would be my wish that someone would slap a bit of sense into him, i am sure they were only trying to help the mother, what did she say about this, also is she happy with his conduct,

    It would be interesting to hear from you if ever one of them does go down the wrong path and you find yourself in a situation like the one this mother was in.I dont care how 'bad' a child can turn out as it's parent you would not tolerate them been battered by a gang of any discription.

    I think one distorted area in all this is the severity of the attack on the victim.There are those who believe it to have been "a few slaps" and those who believe it was a "severe hiding"
    So,what is "a few slaps"? and when does a few slaps turn into a hiding? where is the line crossed?

    We as parents,the responsibility is with us & our partners to dicipline our children,it starts from the time they are born,instilling values in them as they grow,not waiting for them to grow up to be little sh!ts and then wanting someone else to put them right!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Doublin wrote: »
    Aren't you a member of the PDF who has been stationed in the Leb? A UN peacekeeping force.. And you are fine about some lad being attacked while in bed by the authorities. Can imagine that you jumped onto the bandwagon of who is good & who is bad pretty easily & shot accordingly in the Leb..


    Look, will you get over it buddy.

    Guards were acquitted by a jury ,end of story, justice done.

    Why don't you people direct your attention to some of the scrotes who patrol this town robbing and mugging people.

    the taxpayer is being bled dry by these wasters but you people decide to champion their cause??

    No time for that bleeding heart crappage.:mad:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    EarlERizer wrote: »
    :rolleyes: oh dear.

    It is documented as FACT that the 'gardai' did indeed,with force,enter the abode of the victim without a search or arrest warrant and proceeded to give him a hiding resulting in injuries to the victim. These are FACTS not allegations,the defending gardai dont deny they entered the house or using force against the victim.

    They went on trial and got off ,doesn't make them innocent of the crime, now come on, I'll hazzard a guess at you been intelligent enough to understand that? or do you believe that all those who are found "not guilty" are indeed innocent of the charges they stood trial for?

    p.s. no need for capitals when writing a post script,it's just an after thought ;)

    Neither does it make them guilty of one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    Seanbeag1 wrote: »
    Neither does it make them guilty of one.

    Just to humour you :rolleyes:

    Thats right in this case ........they got off! neither a victory for justice or law,merely just another case of someone "getting away with it".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Finnbar01


    EarlERizer wrote: »
    :rolleyes: oh dear.

    It is documented as FACT that the 'gardai' did indeed,with force,enter the abode of the victim without a search or arrest warrant and proceeded to give him a hiding resulting in injuries to the victim. These are FACTS not allegations,the defending gardai dont deny they entered the house or using force against the victim.

    They went on trial and got off ,doesn't make them innocent of the crime, now come on, I'll hazzard a guess at you been intelligent enough to understand that? or do you believe that all those who are found "not guilty" are indeed innocent of the charges they stood trial for?

    p.s. no need for capitals when writing a post script,it's just an after thought ;)


    No they didn't get off. They were found not guilty. Do you reject the decision made by the jury?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    EarlERizer wrote: »
    Just to humour you :rolleyes:

    Thats right in this case ........they got off! neither a victory for justice or law,merely just another case of someone "getting away with it".

    Getting away with it implies they did something wrong. Something which the jury obviously did not agree with. But you clearly know better than the people who heard all the facts and testimony.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭AudreyHepburn


    I think we need to step back and look at this logically.

    The jury found the Gardai not guilty of the charges against them, which means there must have been something that put sufficant doubt in their minds as to what happened.

    I think it is safe to say we probably don't know the full facts of the case and that jury are privy to information the general public are not.

    So, in the eyes of the law, the Gardai are innocent.

    It is not that difficult to understand so I can't why people are struggling with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭archer22


    sonic85 wrote: »
    and a stint in jail with other like minded thugs plus tv, hot food and a roof over his head will definitely turn him off committing further crimes? rrrrrrrriiiiiiiight
    Dont know,might not be too nice in there...I notice all the big "tough" gardai faced with even the very remote prospect of ending up there turn into whimpering little girls....little Shirley Templemores :D.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    archer22 wrote: »
    Dont know,might not be too nice in there...I notice all the big "tough" gardai faced with even the very remote prospect of ending up there turn into whimpering little girls....little Shirley Templemores :D.

    Says the internet warrior


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    i agree if the gardai ever come to my house i will lock the door and retreat upstairs with a loaded shotgun. you just cant let these scum go around making up there own laws

    If you notice I was talking about the alleged victim....so glad you agree! You should read posts more carefully before responding.

    RichieC wrote: »
    one law for us another for scum, yay! maybe we can even make it slide further so union workers and socialists can get the scum law applied to them!

    I really want to live in a state like that.

    If somebody chooses to continually live outside the common principles of our society then they do not deserve to benefit from the protection that society provides to the people who contribute to it. As I said before, you must earn your rights. You can't have your cake and eat it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    mconigol wrote: »
    If somebody chooses to continually live outside the common principles of our society then they do not deserve to benefit from the protection that society provides to the people who contribute to it. As I said before, you must earn your rights.

    I think if I ran a country this would be my motto.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    I think we need to step back and look at this logically.

    The jury found the Gardai not guilty of the charges against them, which means there must have been something that put sufficant doubt in their minds as to what happened.

    I think it is safe to say we probably don't know the full facts of the case and that jury are privy to information the general public are not.

    So, in the eyes of the law, the Gardai are innocent.

    It is not that difficult to understand so I can't why people are struggling with it.

    I think we need to step back and look at this logically.

    The verdict does seem to defeat all logic and warp established notions of what is right and that which is wrong.

    12 of the accuseds "Peers" (ie. true peers - all named Anto who somehow found themselves registered to vote etc.) delivered a judgement so sound that they cried (?)

    The 12 Jurors couldn't all have been locked in the Court Bathroom - Cause then there would have been nobody to beat up - I'd guess that they locked them up in 3 groups of 4 or similar.

    I'd say whoever got to reason with them was almost defintiely on the verge of obtaining offical paperwork granting them permission to "talk" to the Jury and "convince" them to play ball.

    I doubt they actually imprisoned they Jurors Mothers - Now thats just being silly..... I'd say they probably just threatened to!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    Finnbar01 wrote: »
    No they didn't get off. They were found not guilty. Do you reject the decision made by the jury?

    Yes,they are afterall just human like the rest of us,and like the rest of us,prone to errors in judgement.
    Seanbeag1 wrote: »
    Getting away with it implies they did something wrong. Something which the jury obviously did not agree with. But you clearly know better than the people who heard all the facts and testimony.

    :D Why thank you , but in fairness I wasn't aware that anyone had heard all the facts ,more rather just the ones they wanted people to hear.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,939 ✭✭✭goat2


    EarlERizer wrote: »
    It would be interesting to hear from you if ever one of them does go down the wrong path and you find yourself in a situation like the one this mother was in.I dont care how 'bad' a child can turn out as it's parent you would not tolerate them been battered by a gang of any discription.

    I think one distorted area in all this is the severity of the attack on the victim.There are those who believe it to have been "a few slaps" and those who believe it was a "severe hiding"
    So,what is "a few slaps"? and when does a few slaps turn into a hiding? where is the line crossed?

    We as parents,the responsibility is with us & our partners to dicipline our children,it starts from the time they are born,instilling values in them as they grow,not waiting for them to grow up to be little sh!ts and then wanting someone else to put them right!
    not bragging here, but dont worry they will not cause other people harm, as a matter of fact they are helpful generous and kind, it is the way i brought them up, and yes they were told there would be severe consequences if they decided to take the wrong path, i did not work hard to have them well educated and using the time i was off with them, to end up with thugs, as i saw it then and still see it, we reap what we sew.
    so i am wondering how his parents reacted to all of this,
    everything is learned at home, where there should be boundaries


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,897 ✭✭✭MagicSean


    Raiser wrote: »
    I think we need to step back and look at this logically.

    The verdict does seem to defeat all logic and warp established notions of what is right and that which is wrong.

    12 of the accuseds "Peers" (ie. true peers - all named Anto who somehow found themselves registered to vote etc.) delivered a judgement so sound that they cried (?)

    The 12 Jurors couldn't all have been locked in the Court Bathroom - Cause then there would have been nobody to beat up - I'd guess that they locked them up in 3 groups of 4 or similar.

    I'd say whoever got to reason with them was almost defintiely on the verge of obtaining offical paperwork granting them permission to "talk" to the Jury and "convince" them to play ball.

    I doubt they actually imprisoned they Jurors Mothers - Now thats just being silly..... I'd say they probably just threatened to!!!

    What in hell are you talking about?
    EarlERizer wrote: »
    Why thank you , but in fairness I wasn't aware that anyone had heard all the facts ,more rather just the ones they wanted people to hear.

    Anyone other than those in court? Or are you suggesting that both the defense and prosecution agreed to cover up certain things?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    mconigol wrote: »
    If somebody chooses to continually live outside the common principles of our society then they do not deserve to benefit from the protection that society provides to the people who contribute to it. As I said before, you must earn your rights. You can't have your cake and eat it.

    A society in which the police force choose to be judge & jury reflects fascist undertones,I choose whole heartedly to live outside of that thank you very much.

    When the law enforcement of any society lower themselves to the standard of common thugs and the general public accept it,it sullies the term "civilised society".

    If your principles allow you to turn a blind eye to vigilanteism then your principles are somewhat distorted.

    p.s. It has been proven time & again that there are those who indeed can have their cake & eat it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭EarlERizer


    Seanbeag1 wrote: »
    Anyone other than those in court? Or are you suggesting that both the defense and prosecution agreed to cover up certain things?

    I'm not making any suggestions whatsoever,you can stop with that angle for starters!

    I'm stating that in the practice of law not all the facts are submitted,both sides will submit facts they consider best serves their side of the story in order to strenghten their case, both hoping what comes of it will benefit them.

    Anyone who thinks otherwise is in for a surprise if ever they find themselves in the position of going to court with a case,be it to prosecute or defend.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭carlybabe1


    i agree if the gardai ever come to my house i will lock the door and retreat upstairs with a loaded shotgun. you just cant let these scum go around making up there own laws

    spoken like someone who has had the gardai at thier door a time or two before.....so tell us, were they heavy handed with you too?? :D
    Personally speaking, Ive never brought the gardai to my parents door, or I can tell ye this, it wouldnt have been them giving me the "hiding", they would have had to pull my parents off me, the first time. But then, I was brought up properly, my parents understood that kids no matter how innocent they may seem at home, can go off the rails, and they disciplined accordingly
    the bolt wrote: »
    he brought it on himself by laying in his bed in his room.some people on this thread deserve to have a run in with those fine upstanding members of the gardai

    Again, am definately getting a sense of "sack of spuds on the shoulder", Ive always found the gardai to be extremely nice and helpful, but then, I never went around robbing cars or beating people up....could there be a link there I wonder :rolleyes:

    EarlERizer wrote: »

    I think one distorted area in all this is the severity of the attack on the victim.There are those who believe it to have been "a few slaps" and those who believe it was a "severe hiding"
    So,what is "a few slaps"? and when does a few slaps turn into a hiding? where is the line crossed?

    We as parents,the responsibility is with us & our partners to dicipline our children,it starts from the time they are born,instilling values in them as they grow,not waiting for them to grow up to be little sh!ts and then wanting someone else to put them right!

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/gardai-locked-my-mum-in-bathroom-and-then-beat-me-2808222.html

    Doctors later noted a bruise on Mr Gaffney's head, swelling to his nose which had been bleeding, bruising to the front and back of his upper body and a superficial laceration on his right upper arm when he arrived at St James's Hospital.


    Hardly a severe hiding, he was aggresive towards the gardai, and I seriously doubt his mother stood there quietly, or asked them reasonably to leave her son alone. She was most likely hurling abuse at them too, doesnt take a genius to figure out she was hardly mother of the year. Lokk at the cat, look at the kittens


    Look, will you get over it buddy.

    Guards were acquitted by a jury ,end of story, justice done.

    Why don't you people direct your attention to some of the scrotes who patrol this town robbing and mugging people.

    the taxpayer is being bled dry by these wasters but you people decide to champion their cause??

    No time for that bleeding heart crappage.:mad:

    couldnt agree more. Its all bleeding hearts until you're at the mercy of a little sh(t like this whos terrorising you, your kids and half the neighbourhood
    Raiser wrote: »
    I think we need to step back and look at this logically.

    The verdict does seem to defeat all logic and warp established notions of what is right and that which is wrong.

    12 of the accuseds "Peers" (ie. true peers - all named Anto who somehow found themselves registered to vote etc.) delivered a judgement so sound that they cried (?)

    The 12 Jurors couldn't all have been locked in the Court Bathroom - Cause then there would have been nobody to beat up - I'd guess that they locked them up in 3 groups of 4 or similar.

    I'd say whoever got to reason with them was almost defintiely on the verge of obtaining offical paperwork granting them permission to "talk" to the Jury and "convince" them to play ball.

    I doubt they actually imprisoned they Jurors Mothers - Now thats just being silly..... I'd say they probably just threatened to!!!

    Eh I think you completely defeated your point that I highlighted above with the rest of the drivvel you posted. Is that good LSD :D
    EarlERizer wrote: »
    I'm not making any suggestions whatsoever,you can stop with that angle for starters!

    I'm stating that in the practice of law not all the facts are submitted,both sides will submit facts they consider best serves their side of the story in order to strenghten their case, both hoping what comes of it will benefit them.

    Anyone who thinks otherwise is in for a surprise if ever they find themselves in the position of going to court with a case,be it to prosecute or defend.


    Yes indeed, which is why he failed to mention to the garda ombudsman that he had 27 prior convictions, the first in a long line of lies, and omissions


    Any one want to take bets on how long it will be before hes back in the papers having commited yet another crime ????? Any takers, I'd say before xmas :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    EarlERizer wrote: »
    A society in which the police force choose to be judge & jury reflects fascist undertones,I choose whole heartedly to live outside of that thank you very much.

    When the law enforcement of any society lower themselves to the standard of common thugs and the general public accept it,it sullies the term "civilised society".

    If your principles allow you to turn a blind eye to vigilanteism then your principles are somewhat distorted.

    p.s. It has been proven time & again that there are those who indeed can have their cake & eat it!

    You're mistaken. To protect the values of the society sometimes things will need to be done that may seem to contradict those values. However, without those actions the desired value system cannot exist.

    If a weed grows in your crops you don't water it just because it's a plant too. You remove it in order to allow the rest to grow and to prevent the spread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭usernamegoes


    Seanbeag1 wrote: »
    Anyone other than those in court? Or are you suggesting that both the defense and prosecution agreed to cover up certain things?

    Of course the jury didn't hear all of the facts, and rightly so, as some may not be reliable, and several times during the trial voir dire was called to exclude potions of proposed testimony.

    I sat in the Court each day, and admittedly, heard some evidence that the jury didn't, but it wasn't really that important. I came to a different conclusion than the jury.

    The went away to deliberate for 5 hours on a Friday, were called back in at 4pm and asked if they had considered all the counts and reached unanimous verdict on any. The answered no to both questions. So at that point the judge couldn't instruct them on majority verdict as they hadn't even considered all the counts.

    Then 2 hours later they arrive back and deliver their verdict.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,397 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Yer man had 27 previous convictions. How many did he get away with? I wish the police kicked the shìte out of more of these scumbags. When your car or house is robbed and you hear of someone getting robbed, its a scumbag like this. Delighted the jury found them not guilty


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 646 ✭✭✭end a eknny


    The problem with this, or any case involving Gardai, is that people are blinding by irrational hatred of them and stubbornly refuse to let go of their prejudices no matter what.

    When Gardai are in the dock, so to speak, it becomes a case of either 'guitly until proven innocent' or 'guilty regardless of verdict'.

    And the very same people, like Eoin Gaffney, who treat them with such scorn and hatred expect the Gardai to treat them like royalty.

    This fellow has 20-odd convictions to his name, he beat a woman, he's involved in drugs and gangs. You can't expect a handshake and congratulations for that sort of behaviour.

    There is a certain section of society for whom violence is the only language they understand and if you treat people like that your forfeit the right to be treated with respect in my opinion.
    eoin gaffney is not being paid by the public to uphold the law the gardai are. if the gardai and judicial system continue to show disrespect to people from working class areas then they can continue to expect disrespect from them


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