GARDA Theft Outrage

sturgo

Garda accused of stealing biros from shop
Friday, 9 March 2007 15:28
An investigation is underway into allegations that a serving member of An Garda Síochána was caught stealing biros from a shop in Co Monaghan.

A senior garda has been appointed to head the investigation which will be both criminal and disciplinary.

It is not known if the garda in question has been suspended.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0309/monaghan.html?rss

kdouglas

well done, if your gonna get publicly humiliated for stealing something, at least let it be a harrier jump jet or something cool...

InFront

There must be some mistake, why would anyone steal a pen??

And an investigation both criminal and disciplinary; don't get me wrong, theft is of course bad, very bad; but does this warrant a criminal investigation? I suppose it depends on the extent they'll go to in order to get the truth. I can see how justice must be "seen to be done" if indeed the garda is guilty, the problem is that there are far worse injustices that are not seen to be corrected

Overheal

HEll no; I could respect a cop if he stole a jet...this is more entertaining

Schlemm

Goes to show that the pen is still mightier than the sword ha ha

Malteaser!

maybe it was a very expensive biro....

Bob the Builder

Schlemm wrote:

Goes to show that the pen is still mightier than the sword ha ha

Mightier than the harrier anyway!

Judt

He's innocent until proven guilty. If he'd stolen a jet I'd promote him, man with a criminal mind like that is handy to have in a police force. When the rest of you law-abiding detectives are sitting around wondering what's going on in a case he'd have it sorted before you could say "Where's my car?"

Bob the Builder

Judt wrote:

He's innocent until proven guilty. If he'd stolen a jet I'd promote him, man with a criminal mind like that is handy to have in a police force. When the rest of you law-abiding detectives are sitting around wondering what's going on in a case he'd have it sorted before you could say "Where's my car?"

I doubt there's many cops that could steal a jet atm!

MAYPOP

nevf wrote:

I doubt there's many cops that could steal a jet atm!

that's cuz they're all investigating the great biro heist of 2007:D

AdMMM

I really hope, for his sake, that he badly needed a pen to write down the details of a crime that had just been commited!

Ciara22

Oh Lord, a Garda stealing a biro? He was probably just trying to fit in, although with some of the inside stories I have heard - he is positively small fry!

MAYPOP

Ciara22 wrote:

Oh Lord, a Garda stealing a biro? He was probably just trying to fit in, although with some of the inside stories I have heard - he is positively small fry!

You mean there are Penali Pen Sets being lifted as well as humble biros???

Holy mother of jaysus!

spurious

I worked in a cafe once and we had this regular guy who used to come in on Tuesdays and Thursdays, nick a couple of jam tarts, take them outside and throw them in the bin. We knew he was at it and his wife used to come in on a Friday afternoon and pay for what he'd nicked.

I think these sort of shop-lifters have a mental illness and are not just thieving scum.

timmywex

why does this make national news??

its a few pens not worth anthing much.
the gard should have just got some in his garda station,

Seth Brundle

Judt wrote:

He's innocent until proven guilty.

No he is not! It was in the news so (s)he must have done it!

Judt wrote:

If he'd stolen a jet I'd promote him, man with a criminal mind like that is handy to have in a police force. When the rest of you law-abiding detectives are sitting around wondering what's going on in a case he'd have it sorted before you could say "Where's my car?"

A harrier is of sweet FA use when investigating shoplifting cases!

timmywex wrote:

why does this make national news??

Why not?

timmywex wrote:

its a few pens not worth anthing much.
the gard should have just got some in his garda station,

Exactly. There was absolutley no need for the theft. Would the garda have been as lenient if it had been you that was caught shoplifting?

jesus_thats_gre

He was probably in the shop arresting someone for shop lifting and needed a pen to note some details down in the all important notepad. Then upon his business being done, pocketed the pen without thinking and walked out the door..

Conceivable haha the silly ****!! Could have easily walked out of the Garda Station with a box of pens if he wanted to.

Malteaser!

you think he would have leaned how to steal something properly what with being a guard and all! like i'm sure he's seen all the tricks people do to try and get away with robbing and he couldn't use any of that to get himself a pen??

FX Meister

Schlemm wrote:

Goes to show that the pen is still mightier than the sword ha ha

What? Is that supposed to be funny?
My turn. I wonder will the investigative reports be written down.

eth0_

timmywex wrote:

why does this make national news??

its a few pens not worth anthing much.
the gard should have just got some in his garda station,

It's national news because it's a disgusting waste of public money that our police force are investigating the theft of a 30c pen.

topdog8

kbannon wrote:

No he is not! It was in the news so (s)he must have done it!

Anyone who commits a crime in this country either it be stealing pens or for murdering somebody is innocent till they are proven guilty by a court of law

jesus_thats_gre

topdog8 wrote:

kbannon wrote:

No he is not! It was in the news so (s)he must have done it!

Anyone who commits a crime in this country either it be stealing pens or for murdering somebody is innocent till they are proven guilty by a court of law

You really missed that one didn't you...

KamiKazi

^^he really did you know

Seth Brundle

topdog8 wrote:

kbannon wrote:

No he is not! It was in the news so (s)he must have done it!

Anyone who commits a crime in this country either it be stealing pens or for murdering somebody is innocent till they are proven guilty by a court of law

sarcasm is lost I see.
Anyhow, going off topic, there are many offences in this country where you are uilty until proven innocent (especially when it comes to taxation and motoring offences).

markk06

kbannon wrote:

there are many offences in this country where you are uilty until proven innocent (especially when it comes to taxation and motoring offences).

as far as i know you are innocent until proven guilty i all criminal procedings whereas the opposite is the case in civil proceedings.

But how is it that all sorts of crime goes on day in and day out but once a garda is involved a full scale enquiry must be set up?

magick

Christ Almighty it must be some slow arsed news day when all we have to talk about is a Garda stealing pens!

purple'n'gold

Going a bit of topic. I realise that all of our police are not out of the top drawer, but that’s probably the same for most police forces in Europe. But, I would like to complement them on their quick arrest of the two animals that allegedly almost killed that unfortunate Norwegian. Well done.

Capt'n Midnight

He's probably just suffering from kleptomania,

lets just hope he is now taking something for it.

andrew

^^ Heh

i read it was something like 40 euro worth of pens. :eek:

Jesus Wept

kbannon wrote:

Anyone who commits a crime in this country either it be stealing pens or for murdering somebody is innocent till they are proven guilty by a court of law

erhm

You are missing out a very important word.

In the eyes of the law, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty.


You are not actually innocent if you are guilty , purely because you haven't yet had your day in court.

You are either innocent or guilty.

Wertz

andrew wrote:

^^ Heh

i read it was something like 40 euro worth of pens. :eek:

lol reading that myself in the paper today....when stopped by a store detective he turned round and said "Don't worry, it's alright I'm a garda"

Well then that's okay...would he like to help himself to the contents of the till as well?



Sorry to see that a story like this get's discussed to 2 pages in length on AH ,yet there wasn't so much as a murmur about that poor guy that got run over and killed in Lucan last w/e (allegedly) by a car full of cops.

Ciaran500

Wertz wrote:

Sorry to see that a story like this get's discussed to 2 pages in length on AH ,yet there wasn't so much as a murmur about that poor guy that got run over and killed in Lucan last w/e (allegedly) by a car full of cops.

Big thread about that in News & Media

Wertz

Ah, a forum I don't often visit, especially the way things have been with the shortcuts of late...

jimmycrackcorm

Apparntly it was €40 worth of pens and the guy has lost the plot.