Groin-grabbingly horrible!

Il Trap

:eek: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/footballer-cleared-of-causing-horror-injury-to-opponent-on-pitch-3272837.html

Hope this lad is taken for every penny in the civil action! F*ckin scumbag! Wonder how the kid is now.



A young footballer who grabbed another player's testicles tearing his scrotum has been cleared of assault.

Darren Morgan (21), of Elm Grove, Rockfield, Kells, Co Meath, had pleaded not guilty at Trim Circuit Court to assault causing harm to Shane Ryan (19), of Garristown, Co Meath, at Skryne GAA grounds, Skryne, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, on September 25, 2009.

Mr Morgan had been playing full-back for Round Towers of Kells while Mr Ryan had been playing half-forward for St Vincents/Curraha in the semi-final of the minor county championship at the time.

Mr Ryan had told the court that early in the game Mr Morgan had come through a scuffle of players, grabbed him and knocked him to the ground.

He added that Mr Morgan later made a groin-grabbing gesture to the player who was marking him.

A short time later Shane Ryan scored a goal and following this he was assaulted by Mr Morgan, the court heard.

"He squared up to me as if he was going to headbutt me but instead he grabbed my testicles, squeezed and pulled.

"He laughed at me. I looked into my shorts and there was no scrotum there," Mr Ryan said. He added that he was screaming in pain and his shorts were covered in blood.

He said he was in such pain that he could not go down on the ground and left the pitch, adding that the referee would not stop the game as he was then off the field of play.

The court heard Mr Ryan was given first aid in the dressing room where he went into a panic attack before being taken by ambulance to Our Lady's Hospital in Navan.

He was released from hospital after a number of days.

Mr Ryan agreed with defence that he was taking a civil action against the defendant and the GAA but denied he was doing it for money.

"I'm doing it for justice," he said.

Mr Morgan told Garda Shane Dooley that while trying to stop Mr Ryan get the football he had grabbed the player by the testicles accidentally and had not meant to hurt him.

"I grabbed him by the balls, I meant to grab his shorts or jersey. I didn't mean to grab so hard," he said.

He denied making gestures at Shane Ryan or attempting to headbutt him or sneering at him.

He said that when the game was over the players had been advised to take off their jerseys as the father of the injured player was going mad looking for whoever had injured his son.

Asked by the defence how the media got hold of the story Gda Dooley said there were a lot of people at the match and they were talking about it but were not talking to the gardai.

A number of witnesses who had attended the match said they had seen Mr Ryan in distress on the pitch but had not seen how he had gotten injured.

Francis McNulty, who was co-manager of the St Vincents team, said it had been a very free-flowing competitive match.

"He was one of the best players," said Mr McNulty.

'Distress'

Following an attack by his team, the ball was cleared down the field and there was "a coming together of players", according to the witness.

"I was standing at the halfway line. Shane Ryan was on the pitch right in front of me in extreme distress.

"He said he could not go down on the ground and I took him off," said Mr McNulty.

After the conclusion of evidence, the jury of seven men and five women took two hours to return a not guilty verdict to a burst of applause from friends of Mr Morgan.

Neither Mr Morgan nor Mr Ryan would make any comment when they left the court yesterday.

Jimoslimos

Pure and utter scumbag, can't understand how he got off.

"...meant to grab his shorts or jersey.."

Pull the other one.

9959

It seems in this case he played the ball(s) AND the man.

road_high

Yet another shocking instance of the Irish "Justice" system at work. His family and friends were applauding as he got off? Sound like a right bunch of scumbags to be honest.

CardBordWindow

Urgh!! Jaysus!! :eek:

Poor chap. Was it a repairable injury??

Il Trap

Il Trap wrote: »

After the conclusion of evidence, the jury of seven men and five women took two hours to return a not guilty verdict to a burst of applause from friends of Mr Morgan.
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Horrible cnuts.

Hopefully young lad is 100% now.

Yer man who did it is a right knacker. A much bigger lad aswell. A proper hard man! :rolleyes:

Leslie91

How the F does he get cleared of assault FFS?

Benny_Cake

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the case, the friends who burst into applause are truly disgusting given the circumstances. Should be held in contempt of court.

Hope the guy is doing ok now, horrendous thing to happen.

gobnaitolunacy

Mindboggling that if this sort of sh*t happens on a GAA playing field it's somehow 'ok'.

Hal Decks

How this despicable assailant got off is bewildering. The evidence was overwhelming.
As for the cheers and applause? Sums up the type of people involved.

ButtersSuki

More GAA ill-discipline and shameful behaviour from the cowardly witnesses who saw what happened but maintain silence thereafter. As for cheering in court, doesn't deserve comment.

I'm not anti-GAA before I get attacked for the above. I love watching the skilful elements of top-class hurling; but the Association has a massive problem with discipline and violence between players and amongst fans and I'm also fed up of the reading about attacks on referees. Yet if anyone from outside the GAA dares to criticise the GAA they're roundly and uniformily condemned by those within GAA ranks. These incidents would not be tolerated in other codes, yet are an all too frequent occurence in GAA; with laughable "investigations" and punishments handed out when they are investigated - often it's easier to turn a blind eye.

Kolido

The Jury hadn't the balls to find him guilty, disgraceful. Hope the lad is ok now.

tipptopper

What sort of an animal would do that eh! As for his family and friends bursting in to applause after the verdict, well done..You must be very proud of yourselves.

smurgen

"He laughed at me. I looked into my shorts and there was no scrotum there," Mr Ryan said. He added that he was screaming in pain and his shorts were covered in blood."

holy sh1t!

godtabh

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Pure and utter scumbag, can't understand how he got off.

"...meant to grab his shorts or jersey.."

Pull the other one.

I think he did. Does that make him gay?

Fizman

It's cases like this where you really do want to believe that karma exists and will return at some point in an even stronger manor.

Abi

They played on after a guy had his nut sack torn off? Off the field or not, I think it's wrong. Jesus, I even wince thinking about it, can only imagine the pain.

M cebee

if i was the father i'd get my own justice

tipptopper

Abi wrote: »

They played on after a guy had his nut sack torn off? Off the field or not, I think it's wrong. Jesus, I even wince thinking about it, can only imagine the pain.

I had me legs crossed reading it , jesus christ I can only imagine the pain that poor bastard was in.

Ando's Saggy Bottom

Jesus how is it even physically possible to tear someones scrotum off???

curlzy

OH my God. I mean. . . j*sus. I don't even have a scrotum and that made me wince. The poor poor lad, sure he's only a young fella. Is he better now, is he infertile? Who the f*ck was applauding that? Savages. Remind me to avoid Meath.

Abi

Pete Campbell wrote: »

Jesus how is it even physically possible to tear someones scrotum off???

Do we really want to imagine it? :eek:

I nearly passed out reading the bit about blood being all over his shorts. Holy fück

Franticfrank

Christ, I hope that was repairable. Also crossing my legs reading about it...

DipStick McSwindler

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unkel

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Pure and utter scumbag, can't understand how he got them off.

FYP

Riddle101

So the referee kept the game going? He's one dedicated professional.

ballsymchugh

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Mindboggling that if this sort of sh*t happens on a GAA playing field it's somehow 'ok'.

ButtersSuki wrote: »

More GAA ill-discipline and shameful behaviour from the cowardly witnesses who saw what happened but maintain silence thereafter. As for cheering in court, doesn't deserve comment.

I'm not anti-GAA before I get attacked for the above. I love watching the skilful elements of top-class hurling; but the Association has a massive problem with discipline and violence between players and amongst fans and I'm also fed up of the reading about attacks on referees. Yet if anyone from outside the GAA dares to criticise the GAA they're roundly and uniformily condemned by those within GAA ranks. These incidents would not be tolerated in other codes, yet are an all too frequent occurence in GAA; with laughable "investigations" and punishments handed out when they are investigated - often it's easier to turn a blind eye.

assault on a sports field is not exclusive to the GAA.

i'll never understand why some people think that what happens in sport shouldn't have consequences off it. assault is assault. you shouldn't be able to hide behind the excuse of tackling or whatever to justify it.

Intensive Care Bear

There must have been some serious force involved to tear that mans scrotum off through a pair of shorts, i didn't think that could be done at all, let alone by "accident".

Jimoslimos

1210m5g wrote: »

There must have been some serious force involved to tear that mans scrotum off through a pair of shorts, i didn't think that could be done at all, let alone by accident.

I heard stories of scrotum tearing due to catching a stray boot (accidental). However I can't believe for one minute what happened in this case was an accident. Scumbag thought he was being a Vinnie Jones-esque hardman.

the_syco

http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/mens_health_issues/penile_and_testicular_disorders/injuries_to_the_penis_and_scrotum.html

When the scrotum is torn off, the testes can die or lose their capacity for hormone or sperm production. Surgery to cover the testes by reconstructing the scrotum or simply by burying them under the skin of the thighs protects the testes.

Hope they were able to stitch him back up.

Either way, I hope the victim receives consoling as this will be devastating when it finally sinks in, if it hasn't already.

GalwayGuy2

I'm so confused about what happened:O Is hea able to have sex? Does he still have testes? Did he just tear the skin or did he litteraly tear the whole thing off?:O

SandyRamp

i think there is more to this case than the media reported. I have heard from a number of people that the lad in question had recently had surgery on his scrotum and still had stitches in place. The other lad tore open the stitches when he tackled him.

davet82

he accidently did this while trying to pull his jersey? what aload of shíte...

i think the average scumbag on the street has more of ethics than to rip a mans testicals off, as for the people jeering in
the court it just adds insult to injury...

You can see why people get tempted into taking the law into their own hands, i dont condone street justice but i definately can understand why people get driven to it

davet82

SandyRamp wrote: »

i think there is more to this case than the media reported. I have heard from a number of people that the lad in question had recently had surgery on his scrotum and still had stitches in place. The other lad tore open the stitches when he tackled him.

that would change things, it would be a very bad article if that is the case...

although it seems odd that he would make that gesture about squeezing his testicals, sounds like the culprit may have been aware of his stiches if that proves to be the case...

Intensive Care Bear

That referee should get the sac.

SandyRamp

davet82 wrote: »

that would change things, it would be a very bad article if that is the case...

although it seems odd that he would make that gesture about squeezing his testicals, sounds like the culprit may have been aware of his stiches if that proves to be the case...

I don't know about that as I wasn't there, I suppose it is possible. I do know from a few people who were at that match and supporting the injured players team that they were under the impression also that it was just a bad tackle gone very wrong. Understandably the victim's father was furious, but I am not sure the case should have gone as far as it did tbh.

M cebee

SandyRamp wrote: »

I don't know about that as I wasn't there, I suppose it is possible. I do know from a few people who were at that match and supporting the injured players team that they were under the impression also that it was just a bad tackle gone very wrong. Understandably the victim's father was furious, but I am not sure the case should have gone as far as it did tbh.

why?

it appears to be deliberate from the newspaper report

ButtersSuki

ballsymchugh wrote: »

assault on a sports field is not exclusive to the GAA.

i'll never understand why some people think that what happens in sport shouldn't have consequences off it. assault is assault. you shouldn't be able to hide behind the excuse of tackling or whatever to justify it.

I didn't say that assaults like this don't occur in other sports; we all know that they do - it just seems like the frequency of these types of incidents seems all the more common to GAA. However, were this to occur in most other sports the perpetrator would receive a lengthy ban - and I have yet to read of any ban imposed on this particular individual. It's not exaggerating either to say there would be more co-operation in investigating an incident like this were it to occur outside of the GAA from all parties - players, officials and supporters.

What disturbs me most however is the conspiracy of collective silence from the witnesses. They are almost as cowardly in their refusal to simply tell the truth about what they witnessed as the perpetrator. It's this tribal/protect our own at all costs/the whole world is against us mentality that sickens me. It's "protect the image of the GAA at all costs" in their minds - yet they don't realise that it's the damage caused by not confronting and dealing severely with these incidents that ultimately does more reputational damage than the incidents themselves.

gobnaitolunacy

1210m5g wrote: »

That referee should get the sac.

Not funny, the guy was practically castrated.

kincsem

I think the judge should have advised the jury that the laws of Ireland do apply on a GAA pitch.

ButtersSuki

SandyRamp wrote: »

i think there is more to this case than the media reported. I have heard from a number of people that the lad in question had recently had surgery on his scrotum and still had stitches in place. The other lad tore open the stitches when he tackled him.

Sorry, not sure of the logic here....

Are you saying it's ok to grab and squeeze (which the perpetrator himself admitted) an opponent's testicles during a match if they don't have stitches on their scrotum at the time, but not if they do?

bladespin

SandyRamp wrote: »

i think there is more to this case than the media reported. I have heard from a number of people that the lad in question had recently had surgery on his scrotum and still had stitches in place. The other lad tore open the stitches when he tackled him.

Haven't heard that before, where did you hear it?

Also, wasn't this an off the ball incident? How can you tackle someone when they're not in play?

Martyn1989

In the photos in the link it appears to show a defendent walking with his head held high and a plaintiff with his head hanging. Speaks volumes about the effect the incident has had on the lads involved.

Furious_George

Fukcing disgusting result by the jury. I don't watch Gaelic football any more because its just full of thugs laying into each other, and that's at inter-county level, at local level its even worse. At least hurling is too fast and skilful a game to have too much of this (although it does occur as in many sports).
Justice system in this country is broken.

SandyRamp

bladespin wrote: »

Haven't heard that before, where did you hear it?

Also, wasn't this an off the ball incident? How can you tackle someone when they're not in play?

I heard from people who were at that match. I wasn't at it so I don't know exactly what happened, it is what I was told.

SandyRamp

M cebee wrote: »

why?

it appears to be deliberate from the newspaper report

Yes, the tackle was supposedly deliberate but I don't think ripping the lads nuts off was!

The newspaper report is missing loads of details, the defendant got a lifetime ban from GAA and I think other sports too.

Il Trap

SandyRamp wrote: »

Yes, the tackle was supposedly deliberate but I don't think ripping the lads nuts off was!

The newspaper report is missing loads of details, the defendant got a lifetime ban from GAA and I think other sports too.

How is the plaintiff, do you know? Is he (will he ever be!) back to normal again?

F*ck the defendant, the cretin.

SandyRamp

Il Trap wrote: »

How is the plaintiff, do you know? Is he (will he ever be!) back to normal again?

F*ck the defendant, the cretin.

I think everything is hunky dory again, last I heard!

MaxSteele

Shower of f*cking inbreds, the group who applauded the verdict.

How about someone goes up to the little after party they're probably having and start ripping some tits off the women ?

davet82

SandyRamp wrote: »

Yes, the tackle was supposedly deliberate but I don't think ripping the lads nuts off was!

The newspaper report is missing loads of details, the defendant got a lifetime ban from GAA and I think other sports too.

I think the ban would be a greater indication of his guilt i'd imagine?

As for not meaning it, how many times have we heard that as a line of defence, not good enough imo

It was a strangley cruel and shockingly callous thing to do to somebody.

SandyRamp

davet82 wrote: »

I think the ban would be a greater indication of his guilt i'd imagine?

As for not meaning it, how many times have we heard that as a line of defence, not good enough imo

It was a strangley cruel and shockingly callous thing to do to somebody.

I wonder if the ban will be lifted now that he was found not guilty?