Man dragged behind car on beach

lostexpectation

A SHOCKED witness has described how a terrified man was dragged along a local beach with a rope by four men in a car.

The incident unfolded in broad daylight on Bettystown beach when a motorist, from Pakistan, got stuck in the rising tide.

John Huddleston, who works in a Bettystown caravan site, was asked to use his tractor to pull the the car from the sea.

The driver of the trapped car and three companions had arrived at the Laytown Church end of the beach and their car became stuck in a rock pool.

The owner of the car waded out to his vehicle and attempted to tie a rope around it but failed.

He was walking back to the beach when Mr Huddleston, who was waiting with his tractor, was approached by another group who were also seeking help from him.

'I said I would assist them when I'd finished with the first man. But when he came out of the sea one of them grabbed the free end of the rope which was still attached to his waist.

'Still holding the rope they got into a car and drove off at speed.'

After being dragged a distance the victim was left lying on the beach. 'His back was hurt and he was in extreme pain'.

A Laytown woman who saw the drama unfold ran from her seaside home to offer first aid.

'The man, Rashid, was in his mid 30's. He was soaking wet. He was in total shock and shaking uncontrollably. I called 999.

'An ambulance was sent from Navan but Rashid started to lose consciousness.
'I called a local doctor who fortunately was there in minutes.

'Rashid went into cardiac arrest and the doctor had to perform chest compressions on him twice to bring him back,

http://www.drogheda-independent.ie/news/savage-beach-attack-on-man-1768510.html

what the hell were they thinking doesn't say whether they were caught

Jesus Wept

We built sandcastles in my day.

bronte

Jesus, what were those idiots thinking?

admiralofthefleet

legend

HarryPalmer

Not as impressive as that last fag drag I saw in Ennis.

kowloon

That would tear at your skin quite badly I'd imagine.

4zn76tysfajdxp

lostexpectation wrote: »

from Pakistan...

The phone call was funny enough, but Butterfly baby's attempts to annoy her credit card company have gone too far.

DonkeyStyle \o/

bronte wrote: »

Jesus, what were those idiots thinking?

Yeah a big 'wtf' from me too.
Aside from jail time, that level of decision making should exclude you from driving ever again.
It must have been like Dougle in the cockpit, staring at the big red button.

Senna

When you read an article from a local paper and they use phrases like "dragged a distance" and not an actual distance, you have to wonder how big a story it is, after all 1mm is a distance.

Still not too good for the fella being dragged..... if only there was a way of untying ropes?

Dennis the Stone

Boys will be boys!

utick

Senna wrote: »

When you read an article from a local paper and they use phrases like "dragged a distance" and not an actual distance, you have to wonder how big a story it is, after all 1mm is a distance.

Still not too good for the fella being dragged..... if only there was a way of untying ropes?

also from the article, ''An ambulance was sent from Navan but Rashid started to lose consciousness.
'I called a local doctor who fortunately was there in minutes.

'Rashid went into cardiac arrest and the doctor had to perform chest compressions on him twice to bring him back, ''

sounds serious enough to me tbh

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BigMentalDisease wrote: »

Boys will be boys!

Skangers will be skangers amirite? :pac:

Rented Mule

They obviously do things differently in Pakistan.

......like surfing.

We are turning into a lovely Nation, when we laugh at hate crimes...........
Shame shame shame on those people, may God forgive them.
Would we have laughed had this have happened.

http://edition.cnn.com/US/9806/08/texas.decapitation/

Karl Hungus

Jake1 wrote: »

Would we have laughed had this have happened.

http://edition.cnn.com/US/9806/08/texas.decapitation/

Ah come on, it's nothing to lose the head over. :pac:

mukki

Jake1 wrote: »

We are turning into a lovely Nation, when we laugh at hate crimes...........
Shame shame shame on those people, may God forgive them.
Would we have laughed had this have happened.

http://edition.cnn.com/US/9806/08/texas.decapitation/

take your "god stuff" to the religion forums there mate.

Rented Mule

Jake1 wrote: »

We are turning into a lovely Nation, when we laugh at hate crimes...........
Shame shame shame on those people, may God forgive them.
Would we have laughed had this have happened.

http://edition.cnn.com/US/9806/08/texas.decapitation/

11 years ago.

This might interest you as well.

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Im not your mate.

junior_apollo

Jake1 wrote: »

Im not your mate.

But you could be.. PM for more details...

Joey the lips

Very sad event they same should happen to them lads if found but try along a street pavement or wooden deck with splinters. but take foreign national and put irish man in the equation and we would be asking what the stupid fool was doing trying to retreve his car from under water. No doubt is fcuked anyway! Its def fcuked now! and if it were me i would be billed for pollution clean up. Will he????

Porkpie

Did this make anyone else's blood boil? That poor guy...those scumbags should be castrated - proper punishment, plus they would be unable to have kids that would grow up to be just like them. What the hell is happening to our country? Violent attacks like this are becoming more common. Of course, with our lenient 'justice' system they'll probably have to pay compensation or get a suspended sentence. I wish we could just rid the country of scum like this.

junior_apollo

junior_apollo wrote: »

But you could be.. PM for more details...

LOL, but I thought you were only into monkeys

seamus

Senna wrote: »

Still not too good for the fella being dragged..... if only there was a way of untying ropes?

Wow, I thought I had seen the most ridiculous comments AH had to offer.

Tell you what Senna. I'll meet you on Dollymount strand tomorrow. We'll tie a rope around you, stick a granny knot in it, tie it to my car and I'll drag you along at between 20 and 30mph. Then you'll see how simple it is to open a knot on a taut rope while you're flailing around in panic.

Porkpie

Jake1 wrote: »

We are turning into a lovely Nation, when we laugh at hate crimes...........
Shame shame shame on those people, may God forgive them.
Would we have laughed had this have happened.

http://edition.cnn.com/US/9806/08/texas.decapitation/

Forget about God. We have to dispense justice here on this earth where the gravity of the crime reflects the punishment. It's a cop out to just say 'May God forgive them'. What kind of justice is that for this man or his family? These thugs don't deserve to be forgiven, okay? They deserve to get their balls ripped off by a rope in a similar fashion.

junior_apollo

seamus wrote: »

Wow, I thought I had seen the most ridiculous comments AH had to offer.

Tell you what Senna. I'll meet you on Dollymount strand tomorrow. We'll tie a rope around you, stick a granny knot in it, tie it to my car and I'll drag you along at between 20 and 30mph. Then you'll see how simple it is to open a knot on a taut rope while you're flailing around in panic.

I'd buy that for a dollar!...

Moojuice

The attitudes of some people on this thread is sickening. Who cares what country the guy was from? He was dragged behind a car, had a heart attack and nearly died. When did Irish people start thinking it was ok to lynch people? This isn't the American south. F**king hell......

junior_apollo

Jake1 wrote: »

LOL, but I thought you were only into monkeys

I like to think there is plenty of JA to go around... spread the love...

I love how they call it opportunistic.. i think idiotic is more suitable...

seamus

Attempted murder seems the appropriate charge here.

Aggravated assult or GBH doesn't really capture the seriousness of the act, and tbh anyone with two brain cells will realise that a probable outcome of this act is death, so by performing the act, your intention is to kill.

There's no such thing as attempting manslaughter in Ireland (afaik) unfortunately.

Zadkiel

Joey the lips wrote: »

Very sad event they same should happen to them lads if found but try along a street pavement or wooden deck with splinters. but take foreign national and put irish man in the equation and we would be asking what the stupid fool was doing trying to retreve his car from under water. No doubt is fcuked anyway! Its def fcuked now! and if it were me i would be billed for pollution clean up. Will he????

Please tell me this was posted with tongue firmly in cheek?

happyoutscan

How pathetic some of the few smarmy comments on here, typical narrow minded clots hiding behind a keyboard. This is in no way a funny matter, some of ye should be ashamed of yourselves.

KTRIC

Is there any update on Rashid's condition ??

All you little keyboard warriors making fun of this incident should be ashamed of yourselves :mad:

Gone Drinking

Inbred muppets

homer simpson

Jes contain yourselves here folks, it was a bad incident thats a given, i wish the fella a speedy recovery, but for people to be going saying it was a race crime just because it was a man from pakistain, and compairing it to a decapitation, get over yourselves.

Smart Bug

The thing that most disturbs me from this article is the fact that if there wasn't a doctor nearby the guy'd be dead now. And the ambulance still wouldn't have arrived by now.

smokingman

I used to live opposite that stretch of beach, there were people getting stuck in the sand all the time.

Left the area 'cause it was getting full of dublin knackers.
Yes, I said "dublin knackers"

positron

Hope he recovers!

I hope someone (tractor driver?) took note of their registration number - and I hope they get done for the horrible thing they did. Hate crime or not, its a crime and its not funny.

If I had some special powers, I would be out taking on each and every one of these scums! Unfortunately I don't - but I will be more careful on that beach from now on - I go there a lot..!

antodeco

That's absolutely horrible what happened. I cant imagine what was going through his mind. The fuckers (thats what they are) should be done for manslaughter. If only for the doctor, he would be dead. It seems like a strange justice system whereby if you do something (with our without intent) to kill someone, you should be punished at that. Ironically, the doctor who saved his life, may have also saved those other guys from a life sentence.

Porkpie

happyoutscan wrote: »

How pathetic some of the few smarmy comments on here, typical narrow minded clots hiding behind a keyboard. This is in no way a funny matter, some of ye should be ashamed of yourselves.

Totally agree. Perhaps better moved to Humanities forum for more serious discussion.

Davei141

Scumbags in senseless attack shocker. The people mentioning his race having anything to do it have obviously never met the dregs of our society, everyone is fair game.

Morlar

KTRIC wrote: »

Is there any update on Rashid's condition ??

All you little keyboard warriors making fun of this incident should be ashamed of yourselves :mad:

I didn't know we were on first name terms ?

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/man-admits-injuring-asylum-seeker-in-car-prank-on-beach-1770979.html

Gardai said last night that they were satisfied the incident, which happened on July 2, was not racially motivated and was an opportunistic prank gone wrong.

They said a man had since come forward identifying himself as the ringleader behind the prank. The man was not arrested, but he has since made a statement to garda officers.
...
He was badly shaken, but did not suffer any serious injuries.

Officers said that contrary to some reports, Mr Khan did not suffer a heart attack during or after his ordeal.

Meanwhile in other crime news ;

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0612/breaking3.htm

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body in Finglas this morning.

The victim, believed to be in his early 20s, was discovered at the junction of Cardiffsbridge Road and Tolka Valley road. He is believed to have been stabbed.

Riamfada

Sorry scumbag should still be prosecuted or at least have the same done to him. An eye for an eye and all that.

Morlar

Grimes wrote: »

Sorry scumbag should still be prosecuted or at least have the same done to him. An eye for an eye and all that.

Does that apply to ALL crimes against the person or is there something 'special' about this case ?

If it's all crimes against the person (regardless of the race of the victim) then I fully agree. Violent crime is pathetically dealt with in Irish courts. One solicitor-supplied sob story and a suspended slap on the wrist later and they are out to do it again to the next person.

KTRIC

Morlar wrote: »

I didn't know we were on first name terms ?

What should I have called him ? Can I retract my original post and replace the name "Rashid" with "Mr Kahn", just to suit you.

Morlar

KTRIC wrote: »

What should I have called him ? Can I retract my original post and replace the name "Rashid" with "Mr Kahn", just to suit you.

I am guessing you dont refer to other victims of crime in the news on a first name basis ?

If so, the answer to your question above, would be 'yes' (if you want to be consistent).

Abi

The ambulance had to come from Navan?! wtf.. He would have croaked it by the time the fcuking thing arrived.

wes

Well, those lads should be tossed in a jail cell for a very long time. To call what they did a "prank" is bloody ridiculous. They could have easily kiled the guy. It is bloody ridiculous that the Gardai did not arrest the ring leader. Violent crime like this needs to be dealth with seriously.

handsomecake

some of the comments in here are disgraceful

KTRIC

Morlar wrote: »

I am guessing you dont refer to other victims of crime in the news on a first name basis ?

Why wouldn't I ?? Would there a particular reason to refer to him by his first or second name.

And before you try and throw me into the "bleeding hearth liberals" group, because I can see you going that way. I couldn't give a f*ck if he was a black homosexual deaf mute asilum seaker.

Morlar

KTRIC wrote: »

Why wouldn't I ??

So you ARE on first name terms with everyone on the news. You could have avoided this confusion by putting that in your 1st post.

'Quick disclaimer 'Folks - I AM on 1st name terms with people in the news. Now how is Rashid doing ?

As an aside does anyone know if Brian is going to stay or call an election ?

Morlar

wes wrote: »

Violent crime like this needs to be dealth with seriously.

Surprised at the lack of 'he probably had such a hard childhood' & 'long prison terms simply do not work' type guff we normally see on here.

Of course it should - so long as we have sympathetic judges operating inside a bubble then it probably wont happen anytime soon.

humanji

handsomecake wrote: »

some of the comments in here are disgraceful

Yeah, it's insane after all these years people are still shocked when there's humour in After Hours. For shame!