Two Castlerea prisoners on the run

Rasheed

Two Romanian Brothers escaped from Castlerea prison last night.
Apparently they wern't noticed gone till 6.30 this morning from 11.30 last night.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0716/two-prisoners-unaccounted-for-at-castlerea-prison.html

Jasus the guards must have been fairly dopey.

FatherLen

they went to prison for robbing from parking meters???

Nodin

The Prison Service would not comment but it is understood that they left a note saying that they could not stay in the prison.

Now thats mad ted.

mauzo

I don't see the big issue...

SUre they only robbed a few parking meters.

the groutch

should they not have just been deported instead of jailed?

Yakult

Instead of wasting money keeping them in prison, why not send them back to their homeland? It's not like they will stop once they get released.

Rasheed

the groutch wrote: »

should they not have just been deported instead of jailed?

Thats what I thought too! For the price of keeping them locked up, they could have gone to Australia first class never mind Romania.

SEPT 23 1989

Release the hounds

amacca

tis one of those secure prisons obviously

biko

Stealing from parking meters = jail.

Wow, they must have stolen from A LOT of parking meters.

Due out next April!?

When did they go in? What exactly was the sentence for stealing from parking meters? Sounds to me like they got about a year in prison for stealing (what must be, in the grand scheme of things) a fairly minimal amount of money?


Stab someone in the face repeatedly, or stab multiple people (as was the case in Drogheda a while ago) and you're on the street again in less than a week. But take a few Euro from the traffic warden and you're banged up for a year?

Country needs a serious, serious overhaul, fast.


They even left a note. Fair play to them.

FatherLen

FatherLen wrote: »

they went to prison for robbing from parking meters???

Seemingly got over a year for it as well, pretty weird.

Nodin

Deleted User wrote: »

Due out next April!?

When did they go in? What exactly was the sentence for stealing from parking meters? Sounds to me like they got about a year in prison for stealing (what must be, in the grand scheme of things) a fairly minimal amount of money?


Stab someone in the face repeatedly, or stab multiple people (as was the case in Drogheda a while ago) and you're on the street again in less than a week. But take a few Euro from the traffic warden and you're banged up for a year?

Country needs a serious, serious overhaul, fast.


They even left a note. Fair play to them.

Presumably it would be criminal damage as well as the theivin, as I doubt they opened them with a key.

amacca

Deleted User wrote: »

Stab someone in the face repeatedly, or stab multiple people (as was the case in Drogheda a while ago) and you're on the street again in less than a week. But take a few Euro from the traffic warden and you're banged up for a year?

not even from the warden...from the meters it seems...easy targets get punished worst....not worst crime gets worst punishment as one might expect

Deleted User wrote: »

Country needs a serious, serious overhaul, fast.

justice system as regards applying consequences for serious crime needs one imo

Deleted User wrote: »

They even left a note. Fair play to them.

meh

bluecode

Fair play to them. They should make a movie about it. But where do they think they're going? This is small island. They will be caught soon.

Although in my opinion they should be let escape back where they came from. Save a few quid.

alastair

biko wrote: »

Stealing from parking meters = jail.

Wow, they must have stolen from A LOT of parking meters.

Messing with parking meters didn't go well for Cool Hand Luke either.

Rasheed

Will they get longer sentences for escaping? Presuming they'll be caught. Some prison officer is getting serious ****e off his bosses today.....

3ndahalfof6

2 suitcases also missing.

alastair

Rasheed wrote: »

Will they get longer sentences for escaping? Presuming they'll be caught. Some prison officer is getting serious ****e off his bosses today.....

I doubt they'll be caught. Off to NI last night and catch the ferry to a new life.

Boombastic

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

2 suitcases also missing.

Has any connection been established or are they isolated incidents? the investigation begins:p

3ndahalfof6

DustyMan wrote: »

People have swindled, hundredths of thousands, millions and billions from this country and still walk free living the high life. Probably won't even spend a minute behind bars for it.

A couple of fellas steal a few euros, possibly 100's and get jail. If you or I don't pay our TV license we probably get jail. What is wrong with this picture? I'm afraid the old saying is wrong. It should be; There's one law for the poor and no law for the rich.

believe me there is more than 1 law, or it would never work.

Boombastic

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

believe me there is more than 1 law, or it would never work.

2 legs good, four legs bad:( We are all equal, some are more equal than others though;)

ejmaztec

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

2 suitcases also missing.

I hope they're the right size for their sakes, or Michael O'Leary will carry out a citizens arrest at the airport.

Stiffler2

What seems to be "The Big Issue" here ?



lol



perhaps they should have been sentanced to have a conversation with Alan Shatmepants
instead, a far more harsh punishment imo

ejmaztec

This whole thing just beggar's belief.

Jarren

Get Tommy Lee Jones to go after them:D

ejmaztec

Jarren wrote: »

Get Tommy Lee Jones to go after them:D

Predator would be better, Tommy Lee would only have them locked up again, and they wouldn't need a cell if their giblets were hanging from a trophy-tree.

AllyMcFearless

Well...this is terribly Irish, isn't it?

goose2005

In 2012 a crack parking-meter infiltration unit was sent to prison by an Irish court for a crime they probably committed. These men promptly escaped from a medium security prison to the Roscommon underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the R-Team.

0066ad

AllyMcFearless wrote: »

Well...this is terribly Irish, isn't it?

Can you tell us how?

ArmaniJeanss

Going by the court cases (this seems to have been fairly common in Galway with all the defendants seemingly Romanian) it appears you can get over €1000 in coins from a machine if you rob it at the right time, and the repairs to it can cost over €5000 per machine.

So hit 10 machines in a night, get €10K and leave Glway council down €60K in total.

Hardly the small victimless crime of a few hundred euro that people are indicating above.

Sergeant

The government needs to put up a bounty so my mates and I can travel around the country in a pick-up truck, brandishing shotguns, and listening to Metallica, while on the lookout for these fugitives.

Nailz

The fact they left a note saying that they didn't want to stay there is hilarious, they're quite sincere thieves, aren't they?

Rasheed

You'd think they'd release pictures of them. We could be throwing them our change on some corner as we speak.

LoYL

Stake out a parking meter? Anyone?

alastair

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

Going by the court cases (this seems to have been fairly common in Galway with all the defendants seemingly Romanian) it appears you can get over €1000 in coins from a machine if you rob it at the right time, and the repairs to it can cost over €5000 per machine.

So hit 10 machines in a night, get €10K and leave Glway council down €60K in total.

Hardly the small victimless crime of a few hundred euro that people are indicating above.

Your figures are a tad overblown:

contents of pay and display machine valued at €1,007.85
contents of a pay and display machine valued at €415
the cost of replacing the specialised vaults and cash boxes is estimated at nearly €700

http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/49115/brothers-jailed-for-organised-parking-meter-raids

crazy cabbage

Why the hell were they put in jail in the first place? Fair play to them.

LoYL

Fair play got them put in jail. Keep at dat kabbage. nom

3ndahalfof6

simple solution, empty them on a more often.

3ndahalfof6

LoYL wrote: »

Fair play got them put in jail. Keep at dat kabbage. nom

not for long,

LoYL

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

not for long,

should read not for long enough

3ndahalfof6

LoYL wrote: »

should read not for long enough

no it should not and if you dont stop im telling mammy.

drunkmonkey

Jesus if I had of known what they went down for I would have broke them out myself. There modern day Robin Hoods the pair of them.

LoYL

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

no it should not and if you dont stop im telling mammy.

Yes it should. Ask mammy.

Jarren

Prison break I'd say

3ndahalfof6

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Jesus if I had of known what they went down for I would have broke them out myself. There modern day Robin Hoods the pair of them.

I would agree if they gave it back to the people, fail on their behalf.

tayto lover

A year in prison for robbing parking meters ??
The Bankers must be quaking :rolleyes:

Pedant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoHECVnQC7A

starbelgrade

Some people actually choose to live in Castlerea. And they're not even in prison!

Boombastic

Has anyone looked behind the Rita Hayworth poster yet?

BornToRun88

Yakult wrote: »

Instead of wasting money keeping them in prison, why not send them back to their homeland? It's not like they will stop once they get released.

One of them was to be ordered back to Romania after their sentence was finished in April 2013. RTE News didn't say if the other brother was also to be deported.

The Irish Prison Service certainly has a lot to answer for with 3 escapes now from prisons this year.