Garda who passed information to criminals to be sentenced

jonsnow

This case has been rumbling on for a couple of years now. Its the first of its kind but it won't be the last. The garda appears to have serious drug issues and was extraordinarily sloppy in covering her tracks. Sligo raised garda from a garda family with connections to a sligo based serious criminal gang. Based in Ballymun and just logged on as herself and 75% of all her activity was in relation to garda activity in sligo. She also has a slew of drug charges against her as well which is presumably how she came in contact with these characters.

She will end up doing some time I imagine.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2018/0529/966908-jimell-henry/

The judge in the sentencing hearing of a suspended Garda from Sligo who has admitted passing on information to criminals, said she has undermined the force and the reputational damage done is incalculable.

Judge Keenan Johnson said that Jimell Henry has let herself, her former colleagues, her family and her community down.

In the first prosecution of its kind in the State, 36-year-ol Henry, of Cairns Hill, Sligo, pleaded guilty to 11 charges at Sligo Circuit Court and she will be sentenced on 25 June.

At her sentencing hearing Henry pleaded guilty to three charges of disclosing information obtained in the course of her duties as a garda knowing it was likely to have a harmful effect. The offences were committed in September and December of 2014 and in January 2015 in Dublin.

She also admitted four counts of disclosing personal data obtained without authority.

These four breaches of the Data Protection act corresponded to the charges under the Garda Síochána Act of disclosing information.

In addition Henry pleaded guilty to four charges of dishonestly obtaining prescription drugs including anxicalm and Stilnoct, by using invalid photocopied or forged prescriptions.

A number of other charges were taken into account.



Superintendent Jim Delaney, who was based in Sligo at the time of the offences, told the court that an investigation began when concerns were raised that certain confidential information was finding its way to members of an organised crime gang in Sligo.

The information was sensitive and could be used to target a rival gang.

He said the focus was soon on a Sligo garda based in Ballymun in Dublin, Jimell Henry.

In one two-to-three-week period she made 980 inquiries on the garda Pulse system and 73% of those related to Sligo, he said.

A surveillance operation was put in place with the support of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Acting on information about a potential drugs transaction, Henry's vehicle was observed driving into an underground car park in Ballisodare, a black Volkswagen Passat driven by a man nicknamed "Pharmacy" was also driven and both he and Henry were arrested.

Gardaí found two phones in Henry's car, one of which was described as a "gouger" or "burner" phone.

Supt Delaney said among the numbers on it were one for "Pharmacy" and another number saved as "child".

Both of those people were senior members of a criminal gang in Sligo, according to the Supt.

He said the investigation was complicated, complex and unprecedented.

He said it confirmed that requests were made by the criminals and answers given by text. Accessing the Pulse system at this level, he said, was tantamount to opening up every terminal by a criminal gang.

Supt Delaney said certain requests by a senior gang member were looking for information specific to a rival gang and there were also questions regarding future prosecutions being taken by Sligo gardaí.

One stated "two summonses on the way for you from your man".



He said that one of the parties identified by name in breach of the Data Protection Act has provided a victim impact statement in which he said he finds it difficult to trust anyone after this, in particular the gardaí and he said the passing of information by Henry was illegal and endangered his life and that of his family.

Barrister Keith O'Grady for Ms Henry said she had no previous convictions and had 11 years service in the force.

She lost her mother at a young age and was raised by her father who was then a Detective in Sligo.

He also said she was very severely compromised by drug use.

Supt Delaney said there was evidence of drug use but said the tone of the texts was that she was a willing participant in an organised crime gang and her actions added to the volatility the gardaí had to deal with.

He agreed that no actual harm had been done but said the potential for harm or damage to the reputation of the gardaí cannot be overestimated.

Garda David Hannigan gave evidence in relation to the prescription drugs offences.

He said Henry indicated she had been on prescription drugs for a period of time and referred to the tragic death of her mother, a car crash and an incident at a concert.

He said there were seven pharmacies involved.

In April 2016 over the course of 15 days he said she obtained four months of prescription drugs and the fifth attempt was refused.

Over ten days in February 2016 she attempted to obtain seven months prescriptions, only one was genuine and one was refused.

He said four of the offences were committed while she was on bail for the offences relating to the disclosure of information and she refused to say what the quantities were for - the reasons were her own, she said.

Barrister Kerida Naidoo, for Henry, said her offences only related to a short period of time, she was not someone who had been involved in criminal activity for the entirety of her life.

She had a pre-existing drug problem and pre-existing relationships with people on the wrong side of the tracks in Sligo.

This combination led her to make extraordinarily poor choices that she clearly does not understand herself.

He said she apologised to the gardaí, the community and her family who were decent and well-known, her father being a retired Detective Garda.

Mr Naidoo said she has brought all of this on herself and the consequences of this behaviour will never leave her and her future employment prospects cannot be great, to put it mildly.

Her reputation in Sligo is in tatters he said.

He told Judge Johnson that she was no longer taking drugs but had not had any formal treatment for her drug use.

Judge Johnson said she had pleaded guilty to very serious offences and he wanted urine analysis produced.

He said he had listened very carefully to Mr Naidoo's plea on her behalf and agreed there were significant mitigating factors but he was going to take some time to consider the case and adjourned sentencing until 25 June.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

And tomorrow will be dry and sunny with temperatures of 18 to 21 degrees.

McMurphy

said she has undermined the force and the reputational damage done is incalculable.

Especially if they're getting AGS to calculate it. :pac:

Spanish Eyes

OK, whatever, but her name is Jimell..... sounds like an amalgam of Mammy and Daddy's first names, but it also sounds like a name from an organisation over there in the Middle East that cannot be mentioned!

odyssey06

Was getting my hopes up it was Noirin.

JRant

I don't know why the judge bothered with this pretense.

Sob story about her mother - check
Sob story about a drug "problem" - check
Female - check

All roads lead to an incredibly lenient suspended sentence.

diomed

Jimell - someone should do time for that name.

washman3

3 years with 18 months suspended.
Should be out by Christmas.;)


Didn't look overly bothered by it all on the SIXONE news this evening.

Outlaw Pete

Jaysus, she'd make a great undercover Garda in certain parts of Dublin.

If I seen her at a Luas stop I'd prepare to be asked for loose change. Would never have her down as a Guard.

Book, cover and all that I suppose.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Good enough of her, example should be made of any of the gardai accessing pulse for non Garda business

Vic_08

The only Garda to be convicted of this ever.

Incredibly light sentence with most of it suspended.


By far the most surprising thing in that article is the revelation that Ballisodare has an underground car park.

Mikenesson

Vic_08 wrote: »

The only Garda to be convicted of this ever.

Incredibly light sentence with most of it suspended.


By far the most surprising thing in that article is the revelation that Ballisodare has an underground car park.

Don't know about that

It seemed appropriate to me

BoroMan32

She looks closer to 56 than 36.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Jaysus, she'd make a great undercover Garda in certain parts of Dublin.

If I seen her at a Luas stop I'd prepare to be asked for loose change. Would never have her down as a Guard.

Book, cover and all that I suppose.

Indeed, you can know just by looking at her that she is riff raff

professore

A man gets 6 years for wrongly claiming vat back on garlic as apples. This bitch gets 3 years for undermining the justice system and endangering lives.

Grayson

professore wrote: »

A man gets 6 years for wrongly claiming vat back on garlic as apples. This bitch gets 3 years for undermining the justice system and endangering lives.

In 100 years the garlic guys will still be mentioned on boards.


On topic, jaysus she looks like a wreck. What kind of drugs was she on that did that to her?

upandcumming

professore wrote: »

A man gets 6 years for wrongly claiming vat back on garlic as apples. This bitch gets 3 years for undermining the justice system and endangering lives.

Will this horseshit ever die...

pinksoir

"Jimell Henry, known to the criminals she mixed with as Jimell Fixit..."

Graces7

Vic_08 wrote: »

The only Garda to be convicted of this ever.

Incredibly light sentence with most of it suspended.


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And she will never work again. Who would employ a corrupt ex Garda? Sh ehas ruined her entire life .

shar01

From listening to Drivetime yesterday, I'm guessing her family's connection to the Guards meant that her background wasn't scrutinised as it should've been.

Grayson

Graces7 wrote: »

And she will never work again. Who would employ a corrupt ex Garda? Sh ehas ruined her entire life .

And it sounds like she had serious psychological and drug issues that led to this. Honestly, I hope she sorts herself out. It sounds like she has the support of family.

(btw, that's not saying she shouldn't go to jail. I'm just saying that I hope she takes the chance to clean up and try and make something of her life)

Mikenesson

Graces7 wrote: »

And she will never work again. Who would employ a corrupt ex Garda? Sh ehas ruined her entire life .

That's a matter of perception ,people come back from worse

The drugs may ruin her life

CrankyHaus

Who would feel safe reporting confidentially to An Garda now?

We know that Gardai can and have leaked information to criminals.
We know that Gardai are inadequately vetted to prevent drug addicts from being on the force.
We know that Gardai are inadequately supervised to prevent improper use of PULSE to leak information to criminals.
We know that the Courts will inadequately punish such crimes so others will not be deterred from doing it (13.5 months in prison is inadequate for this crime) .

Red_Wake

Sounds like Internal Affairs wasn't setting anyone up this time.

Stovepipe

Contrast her appearance on yesterday's Six One news, looking particularly well dressed and groomed and not looking like a drug addict and her appearance during her trial as little more than a shifty pan handler. Clearly, she expected not to get a heavy sentence despite the severity of her crimes. I agree, she'll be out in six months and will be looked after.

JohnMc1

Annalee Quaint Fridge wrote: »

Good enough of her, example should be made of any of the gardai accessing pulse for non Garda business

She'll only do 18 months if we're lucky. If this a Male Gardai he would easily have gotten a decade.

mynamejeff

18 months seems light but check out the multiple threads about soft sentencing.

its your system if you dont like it tell the politicians you elected

@ professore get off the garlic buzz will you ffs , that was a multi million euro fraud not a month out on the road tax