Garda incompetence at solving gun crime

gurramok

From breaking news.ie
New figures have shown fewer than one in six murder cases in which guns were used over the past seven years resulted in convictions in the courts.

The data was obtained by Labour Justice spokesman Joe Costello TD from the Minister for Justice Michael McDowell.

The statistics reveal that firearms have been used in 75 murders between 1998 and 2004. Only 12 of these cases, or 16%, resulted in convictions.

The majority of these are gangland killings.

Deputy Costello said that while there were just four murders in 1998 in which guns were used, this had increased dramatically to 20 in 2003 before showing a reduction to eight last year.

Mr Costello is calling for more resources to tackle gun crimes.

He said that while all murders must be treated with the utmost seriousness, “There is a particular need to ensure that those who use firearms in the course of murders are brought to justice. Those who use guns to murder and get away with it, are likely to use them again.”

The TD said gangs clearly have easy access to weapons, and “based on these figures, have little risk of being arrested and brought to justice”.

Mr Costello called on the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner to review the resources available to the gardaí.

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Does anyone else find it outrageous that only 12 out of 75 gun murders have seen a conviction ? Just think of it, a potential 63 murderers are walking our streets with the ability to kill and injure at will with no deterrent.
My own view is that the gardai have turned a blind eye to these activities for many years. The ERU should be deployed on a permanent basis to counter-act these drugs gangs as they are a serious threat to the state with all the firepower at their hands.
Its right that the TD has raised this matter. The minister of justice in my view does not care.
I live in an area where a small number of those murders took place yet regular garda patrols are only seen when its suits, ie..once in the blue moon.
The no. 1 priority for the govt regarding crime should be to crackdown on these drug gangs real hard, not just as a stop-gap measure.
Pity it'll never happen. :mad:

lomb

gurramok wrote:

From breaking news.ie
New figures have shown fewer than one in six murder cases in which guns were used over the past seven years resulted in convictions in the courts.

The data was obtained by Labour Justice spokesman Joe Costello TD from the Minister for Justice Michael McDowell.

The statistics reveal that firearms have been used in 75 murders between 1998 and 2004. Only 12 of these cases, or 16%, resulted in convictions.

The majority of these are gangland killings.

Deputy Costello said that while there were just four murders in 1998 in which guns were used, this had increased dramatically to 20 in 2003 before showing a reduction to eight last year.

Mr Costello is calling for more resources to tackle gun crimes.

He said that while all murders must be treated with the utmost seriousness, “There is a particular need to ensure that those who use firearms in the course of murders are brought to justice. Those who use guns to murder and get away with it, are likely to use them again.”

The TD said gangs clearly have easy access to weapons, and “based on these figures, have little risk of being arrested and brought to justice”.

Mr Costello called on the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner to review the resources available to the gardaí.

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Does anyone else find it outrageous that only 12 out of 75 gun murders have seen a conviction ? Just think of it, a potential 63 murderers are walking our streets with the ability to kill and injure at will with no deterrent.
My own view is that the gardai have turned a blind eye to these activities for many years. The ERU should be deployed on a permanent basis to counter-act these drugs gangs as they are a serious threat to the state with all the firepower at their hands.
Its right that the TD has raised this matter. The minister of justice in my view does not care.
I live in an area where a small number of those murders took place yet regular garda patrols are only seen when its suits, ie..once in the blue moon.
The no. 1 priority for the govt regarding crime should be to crackdown on these drug gangs real hard, not just as a stop-gap measure.
Pity it'll never happen. :mad:

they turn a blind eye to gangland murders as they are killing 'there own' it is crazy tbh

Sparks

What's more aggravating is that they are cracking down on legitimate firearms holders, despite there being no link between us and the thugs who abuse illegally-held firearms to murder each other. :mad:

gurramok

lomb wrote:

they turn a blind eye to gangland murders as they are killing 'there own' it is crazy tbh

Yep, but the sad fact is that some innocents have been caught up in it.
The garda murder detectives need to be served with their p45's on this.