People you know on trial...

dirtypanties

Have you ever opened a newspaper or watched the news&seen someone you know on trial for a serious offence?

I opened the paper the other week&saw a guy from my area who I used to work with.

I'm probably not allowed to mention the case as it is pretty high profile and the people involved will be sentenced soon-he was found guilty.

Anyway I always knew he was an arrogant twat but I never thought he would end up in prison for a serious offence and have ruined his prospects for the future.

Muppet!

Teclo

Teclo

who what when

Well dont mention his name or location but surely you can at least say what he did etc. No good otherwise.

dirtypanties

I am indeed a muppet too for submitting this thread twice!

Dunno how I did that

Let's just say it was a violent crime-I just got a shock when I saw his picture.

Bipolar Joe

A woman on trial for stabbing my Uncle to death.

dirtypanties

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

A woman on trial for stabbing my Uncle to death.

Ah Jeez:(

Sorry man.

Da Shins Kelly

My uncle was involved in the arms trial.

Redhairedguy

A guy I was in school with had to flee the country to Australia. Suffice to say, if he ever comes back to Ireland he will locked up post haste and buggered mercilessly in prison. <he has sure got a pretty mouth>

tdv123

Went to school with a lad who blew some french dudes head off with a shotgun about 2 or 3 years ago. He got sentenced a few months ago.

Arnold Layne

The only reason I look at newspapers, especially local ones, is to see who has been convicted.

Being from Galway, my staple diet has always been the Galway Advertiser, Connacht Sentinel & Connacht Tribune. Seldom have people that I know, or have known, have reached the dizzy heights of being reported in the national media.

In my younger days, my local pub used to post up newspaper courtroom reports about regulars convicted of various misdemeanours, i.e. drunk & disorderly, GBH, etc

January

Used to work with a bloke who worked in the company for a month and then was bunged off to prison for GBH...

Arnold Layne

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

My uncle was involved in the arms trial.

Was he convicted or was he acquitted due to being 'armless?

johngalway

dirtypanties wrote: »

Have you ever opened a newspaper or watched the news&seen someone you know on trial for a serious offence?

Yep, and he was right.

Dodd

Loads tbh.
From murder/armed robbery/rape ect.

charlemont

Heaps of people iv known have ended up in serious sh*t and been on the TV or newspapers.

These would be people iv just known to see around my home town or from prison, But one total scumbag who gave me an awful time when I were a teen is doing life now and it puts a smile on my face everytime I think about it.

x_Ellie_x

The fella who lived next door with his girlfriend was arrested by the Garda for dealing drugs. He was a caretaker at a local school and the little scumbag was dealing drugs to the kids that went there. Wasn't really a surprise, the guy was a prick and he was regularly beating the crap out of his girlfriend. The garda raided his house, the school were he worked, his parents house and his ex-wife's house and found about €10,000 worth of drugs.

The priest who was the parish priest in the church beside my primary school and used to teach religion in my school was arrested for being a peadofile. He was one of the major ones. He abused over 150 boys from the 70's until the 90's. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison last year. I knew a boy he abused. When I was in junior and senior infants, there were twins in my class, a boy & a girl. I was friends with the girl. His sister told me that he told her the priest had touched him. We teased him about it and laughed at him. I was only 5 or 6 at the time and I didn't really understand what was going on and how it was wrong. I feel so guilty & terrible about it now.

stovelid

Someone I knew in school was done for murder.

People in my extended family for drug stuff and robbery.

Da Shins Kelly

Arnold Layne wrote: »

Was he convicted or was he acquitted due to being 'armless?

He was acquitted, and had a few harsh words for the Irish government on the dock, I'm told.

easyeason3

No.
But I was in court a few years ago & let me just say that if you're a people watcher then it's the place to be.

KittyeeTrix

Dodd wrote: »

Loads tbh.
From murder/armed robbery/rape ect.

Same here, various neighbours done for the above.....

biko

The people I know that's been arrested and gone to court all had it coming ages.
Except one girl that was arrested doing a stupid thing when drunk and got nabbed.
The judge just laughed at her and fined her a few hundred for drunk and disorderly.

starviewadams

One fella I used to hang around with in primary school was arrested for posession of €1m worth of heroin a few years back,he wasn't the brains of the operation by any stretch and got a few years in the Joy.Not a bad lad at all,but was always easily led.

Another guy I went to school with was charged with rape a few years back too,came from a family of absolute scumbags and was always a weird little prick even in primary school.The guards apparently found the poor woman he attacked's underwear in his room.Think he's still in prison but I doubt he'll ever show his face round here again.

Didn't stop our parish priest writing a letter to the judge begging for leniency cos he had ADHD or something like that,luckily the judge ignored it.

joe stodge

the solicitor i used to buy my house, who is now a judge is in major trouble for getting a well off elderly couple to change their will to leave 50% of their estate in malahide to her son and daughter. it was all over the six one news and in a good few papers.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Most for assault+drugs.

Dodd

I got a few phone calls from detectives I never even heard of...... asking about the whereabouts of people I knew.
They said why they were looking for them.

I once got a call from a station to call in and when I got there the cop was out side.
They were investigating a rape case and I had a motorbike that matched what was described.
Anyway I didn't match the description.
It's weird being there and a cop might think that I did it and all I was thinking was well how am I here to help the cop catch who did this.
I didn't at first think anyone would have me down as a suspect.

You live and learn but if I matched the profile I could have been on remand and in papers and up in court.

dirtypanties

x_Ellie_x wrote: »

The fella who lived next door with his girlfriend was arrested by the Garda for dealing drugs. He was a caretaker at a local school and the little scumbag was dealing drugs to the kids that went there. Wasn't really a surprise, the guy was a prick and he was regularly beating the crap out of his girlfriend. The garda raided his house, the school were he worked, his parents house and his ex-wife's house and found about €10,000 worth of drugs.

The priest who was the parish priest in the church beside my primary school and used to teach religion in my school was arrested for being a peadofile. He was one of the major ones. He abused over 150 boys from the 70's until the 90's. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison last year. I knew a boy he abused. When I was in junior and senior infants, there were twins in my class, a boy & a girl. I was friends with the girl. His sister told me that he told her the priest had touched him. We teased him about it and laughed at him. I was only 5 or 6 at the time and I didn't really understand what was going on and how it was wrong. I feel so guilty & terrible about it now.

What an awful story-hope he rots in prison.

Please don't feel guilty-you were only a kid.

brummytom

My dad's a teacher - in the past few months, he's had a student up for murder (found guilty) and a colleague up for rape (found not guilty but hrmmmm...).

paky

was friends with a guy who was top of his class and year, had brains to burn. when his parents split he went haywire. has been in and out of jail and is very close to a certain infamous crime family in limerick

hinault

Several.

Someone who murdered his wife and kids for one.
I knew the guy. He went out with my (then) girlfriends best pal. He was the controlling kind back then and when I saw him being found guilty of the murder of his wife and kids, I can't say that I was too surprised.

A neighbour where I grew up was done for the biggest (at the time) cannabis drug bust in the state.
The judge (Roe) threw the book at him.

Dodd

x_Ellie_x wrote: »

The fella who lived next door with his girlfriend was arrested by the Garda for dealing drugs. He was a caretaker at a local school and the little scumbag was dealing drugs to the kids that went there. Wasn't really a surprise, the guy was a prick and he was regularly beating the crap out of his girlfriend. The garda raided his house, the school were he worked, his parents house and his ex-wife's house and found about €10,000 worth of drugs.

The priest who was the parish priest in the church beside my primary school and used to teach religion in my school was arrested for being a peadofile. He was one of the major ones. He abused over 150 boys from the 70's until the 90's. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison last year. I knew a boy he abused. When I was in junior and senior infants, there were twins in my class, a boy & a girl. I was friends with the girl. His sister told me that he told her the priest had touched him. We teased him about it and laughed at him. I was only 5 or 6 at the time and I didn't really understand what was going on and how it was wrong. I feel so guilty & terrible about it now.

The lad most likely would not even take what you were saying in and block it all out.
I feel it is strange that you would remember that about someone else at that age.
But forget it I am sure he did in a few days if he even took it in.

Snowie

dirtypanties wrote: »

Have you ever opened a newspaper or watched the news&seen someone you know on trial for a serious offence?

I opened the paper the other week&saw a guy from my area who I used to work with.

I'm probably not allowed to mention the case as it is pretty high profile and the people involved will be sentenced soon-he was found guilty.

Anyway I always knew he was an arrogant twat but I never thought he would end up in prison for a serious offence and have ruined his prospects for the future.

Muppet!

I hope you have cleaner ones on since you came up with your user name


ewwww

Dodd

Since we are ot.
I will have the old ones and pay postage.:pac:
They will go for a lot in the joy.:)

bob the bob

I have an ex-friend in jail for murder.

For years he was in court nearly every week for petty crimes and had done a few short spells for possession of drugs and firearms.

He is my age and we were friends when we were younger. We went on different paths at about 16, and he took the (class A) drugs route.

Siuin

Yep, my neighbour was trying to smuggle drugs in to Britain and got caught. Has done his time and now spends his weekends tending to his garden

Xavi6

Father Jack had trials with Liverpool

Dancor

Xavi6 wrote: »

Father Jack had trials with Liverpool

No xavi, he was on trial in Liverpool.

Biggins

dirtypanties wrote: »

Have you ever opened a newspaper or watched the news&seen someone you know on trial for a serious offence?

My next door neighbor, a well known troublemaker - 3 armed robberies and drug-pushing - he got a year!
Absolutely stupid, too short a sentence.

Monty Burnz

Dodd wrote: »

They were investigating a rape case and I had a motorbike that matched what was described.
Anyway I didn't match the description.
It's weird being there and a cop might think that I did it and all I was thinking was well how am I here to help the cop catch who did this.
I didn't at first think anyone would have me down as a suspect.

You live and learn but if I matched the profile I could have been on remand and in papers and up in court.

Reminded me of this.

GrizzlyMan

yeah a low life scumbag for stabbing my friend to death! the man behind it has since died after smuggling drugs in his stomach and died...Karma!

Big Nasty

Friend of mine was at a real low part of his life a good few years back. A lot of things had gone wrong and he had pretty much lost everything and was drinking heavily. One night when he was at his most vunerable he was offered a few quid to mind a package. He accpeted. He knew it was probably drugs, hash he said he thought. This guy has never done and probably never seen any drugs of any discription. Still he knew it was dodgy and what he was doing was wrong but as I said he was down and almost out.

He got caught and got seven years.

WindSock

I don't like how the paper prints your address for petty stuff.

rain on

Turned on the TV a few years back to see a guy I went to school with on trial for beating up a guy so severely that he ended up in a wheelchair - he was acquitted a few days later though. Just googled it there trying to remember the details and turned up a boards thread with a link to a news story - dunno if it's kosher to post it or not though.

Met a young fella a few weeks ago (at a wedding, no less) who'd done two years community service (with suspended sentence) for stoving in two fellas' heads with a monkey wrench. What with Ireland being the smallest place ever it turned out he'd also gone to school with my boyfriend's younger brother and sister. Lovely

TPD

I know a guy who is awaiting trial for the arson incidents around donegal lately. Utter twat.

tallaghtmick

Being from Tallaght I know a few:pac:

One person I knew fairly well was sentenced for murder, he was called a monster by some tabloid newspaper. It's so surreal to see those words used to describe someone you're very familiar with.

Another old friend was convicted for a very violent and somewhat gruesome attack.

Ditch

I don't read any papers. But, what a bloody shock to be coming home past my mates place to see his compound and the road outside lifting with Gardai and the Army Bomb Disposal Unit!!! :eek:

Phone calls were made. No one knew what was going on. Nothing ever appeared on the TV news, in the pub. I was going into total melt down.

After some days, he rang me. Turns out he'd been making guns, then posting how he did it and firing them on You Tube :rolleyes:

Bomb Disposal was because he's a bit of a whiz kid with things technical and had been rigging some electrical device which involved tin foil covered bottles with wires in them Gards found them and freaked.

Mr. Manager

This one here.

I used to play and deal poker with these guys. Gutted when I heard it and also pissed off cos I just knew it was him behind it before his name was mentioned

phill106

absolutely no one, what a sheltered life i lead

nicowa

Knew a guy charged and convicted of fraud - he worked in an old folks home and got one or two in "invest" in his business...

pa4

A guy i went to school with. He went off the rails at a very early stage, came from a very bad backround. Anyway he got expelled in 2nd year and since then has over 60 convictions to his name! He's now in jail for the second time and hes only 19. There was a big write up about him on the local paper recently. I must admit i wasn't too suprised.