Judge comes down hard on young man

Midnight_EG

http://www.herald.ie/news/teenager-who-spat-on-garda-car-now-has-to-wash-it-for-six-months-2914876.html

A teenager who spat on a garda car after yelling abuse at a garda will now have to hand-wash the vehicle for the next six months.

A judge has told Jonathan Buckley (19), of Gallen View, Ferbane, Co Offaly, he will have to use a sponge to wash the town's squad car each week.

Athlone District Court heard that Buckley committed the offences in Gallen View after attending a house party last January.

He was heavily intoxicated in public at 2.15am on January 5 and was then ordered by a garda to leave the area.

Inspector Nicholas Farrell told the court that as Mr Buckley walked away, he called the garda a "f***ing pig" and "w*****."

He said he would "break every window in town" and then kicked and spat at the patrol car.

Buckley's solicitor, Padraig Quinn, said his client had "far too much to drink" on the night and he accepted that his behaviour was out of order.

"Is there a squad car in Ferbane?" asked Judge Seamus Hughes.

Inspector Farrell said there was, and this prompted the unusual punishment.



Addressing Buckley, Judge Hughes said: "For the next six months I want you to wash the garda squad car once a week.

"Use a sponge, hose it down, do it nicely and have it done in about 15 minutes.

"That might eventually remove the taint of your spittle from the vehicle."

Jotting down a note of his sentence, the judge repeated that he wanted Mr Buckley "to wash and sponge the garda patrol car or cars -- in other words if there's more than one and the gardai want you to wash the other one as well you must do it" for up to a maximum of 30 minutes each time.

The case was then adjourned to Athlone District Court on November 2 for an update.

Finally some justice for the little scumbags who abuse cars :P

Frynge

i like it, i like it alot

staker

I'd shake his hand, very proper punishment!

Healio

Give it a good spit-shine :pac:

CianRyan

Hahaha, excellent punishment.
I love seeing stuff like this.

MadsL

Legend. Don't cut this one's pay !!

heate

I like the punishment but unfortunately on appeal this may be quashed.
If it can stand I see it as a perfect punishment for louts if people are properly punished and humiliated through hard work they will think twice about reoffending and maybe consider setting up a car valeting business's instead!

Dublinstiofán

Should have made him wash every intoxicated male who passed through the cells for the next 6 months. Then the fool might think twice about having that 'one thats one too many' in future!

Ardennes1944

I'm surprised someone hasn't come on giving out about using a shaggin sponge....won't somebody think of the swirl marks! :eek:

Cill Dara Abu

I hope the Guards rally it down the bog first

Hal1

I bet he'll use a sponge :P.

VolvoMan

A judge has told Jonathan Buckley (19), of Gallen View, Ferbane, Co Offaly, he will have to use a sponge to wash the town's squad car each week.

That's technically granting him permission to vandalise the Garda car for the next six months on a weekly basis.

Midnight_EG

Hal1 wrote: »

I bet he'll use a sponge :P.

Well...yeah, the judge ordered him to...

2 stroke

Give that judge a raise.

vetstu

Rub sponge on gravel, rub sponge on car. Repeat.

Hal1

I see that bit now....

challengemaster

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I'm surprised someone hasn't come on giving out about using a shaggin sponge....won't somebody think of the swirl marks! :eek:

Nevermind that, he thinks a hand wash can be done in 15 minutes?!

Cill Dara Abu

Hal1 wrote: »

I bet he'll use a sponge :P.

Toothbrush would be better for scum like that

vampire of kilmainham

love it i hope the gardai drive some extra patrol cars in everyweek and make him wash them as well even in the pissings of rain we need more of this kind of justice better then jail in some cases maybe one or two of those big garda vans as well. He'd be really fcuked if the garda helicopter lands in town

vampire of kilmainham

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

I hope the Guards rally it down the bog first

o i bet they will and i hope they park somewhere where birds will crap all over the car imigine how hard it will be for him to get that off o id love to be a garda in that town right now

vampire of kilmainham

wax on wax off

padz

spit shine :P

slave1

That Judge is around for over a year now and it's great reading the paper and the forms of punishment he hands out like a guy saving turf and delivering to old people in the town to avoid a conviction, he does sympathise a lot though and lets other folk off with quite a bit if they have a sob story.

biko

Keeps the guy out of prison and will hopefully keep him on the straight and narrow. I'm all for it.

W123-80's

Clever Sentence..

Same Judge...

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10883:judge-orders-donegal-man-to-climb-croagh-patrick&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11343518

seamus

biko wrote: »

Keeps the guy out of prison and will hopefully keep him on the straight and narrow. I'm all for it.

Well with any luck he'll get chatting to the Gardai while he's doing it and he'll realise that they're just normal people doing a hard job and might get a bit of respect for them.

Anan1

seamus wrote: »

Well with any luck he'll get chatting to the Gardai while he's doing it and he'll realise that they're just normal people doing a hard job and might get a bit of respect for them.

That'd be a good outcome, although I think it's far more likely to reinforce his existing antipathy. A community service sentence (working with the aged or something) would have been much less juicy for the angry mob, but might well have achieved more in the long term.

Dublin_Gunner

Brilliant.

I hope every car from midlands stations arrive there each week for a nice clean!

Jimmy Bottlehead

W123-80's wrote: »

Clever Sentence..

Same Judge...

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10883:judge-orders-donegal-man-to-climb-croagh-patrick&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11343518

The car-wash punishment is excellent.

Climbing a mountain and being specifically told to say prayers, though, is complete bollocks in this day and age.

charlemont

A judge in Cahir got a bloke to gargle out his "dirty mouth" with salt water on the square in the late 90's.

Voodoomelon

I think this is a punishment i'd actually enjoy carrying out. :P

Wossack

W123-80's wrote: »

Clever Sentence..

Same Judge...

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10883:judge-orders-donegal-man-to-climb-croagh-patrick&catid=23:news&Itemid=46

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11343518

follow up story on the hillclimb

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11718467

really do think the judge is on to something here

challengemaster

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Brilliant.

I hope every car from midlands stations arrive there each week for a nice clean!

Fairly sure Moate is the traffic corps midlands HQ (can't imagine why tbh) but Ferbane isn't that much of a drive

W123-80's

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

The car-wash punishment is excellent.

Climbing a mountain and being specifically told to say prayers, though, is complete bollocks in this day and age.

Being told to say a few prayers was a load of bollock all right, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a deal breaker.
Not climbing the mountain would have been..!

Fair play to that Judge I say.

decisions

Fair play we need more Judges like him.

Tea 1000

Judge is dead right. Pity there's always the narrow-minded few though who moan out loud their complaints, seemingly afraid of any reference to religion.

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Climbing a mountain and being specifically told to say prayers, though, is complete bollocks in this day and age.

W123-80's wrote: »

Being told to say a few prayers was a load of bollock all right,

problemchimp

Hal1 wrote: »

I bet he'll use a sponge :P.

I bet he'll use a sponge.

challengemaster

Tea 1000 wrote: »

Judge is dead right. Pity there's always the narrow-minded few though who moan out loud their complaints, seemingly afraid of any reference to religion.

It's just not relevant tbh. Religion should play no part in a ruling. The narrow minded ones are the ones who think it is, but that's a different debate.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Tea 1000 wrote: »

Judge is dead right. Pity there's always the narrow-minded few though who moan out loud their complaints, seemingly afraid of any reference to religion.

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Climbing a mountain and being specifically told to say prayers, though, is complete bollocks in this day and age.

W123-80's wrote: »

Being told to say a few prayers was a load of bollock all right,

And how would it have appeared if the judge told him to visit a mosque and pray to Allah?

As stated, religion should play no part in modern society outside of a church - climbing a mountain is fine.
Hard physical labour? Fine.
Forcing your personal beliefs on someone else? Wrong.

Its not a case of being afraid of religion - its a case of not wanting it anywhere near me.