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Publishing address of person charged with an offence

  • 27-12-2012 3:22pm
    #1
    forestfruits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 572 ✭✭✭


    After seeing a mans full name and address published online after he had been charged with a road traffic offence on Christmas Eve, I wonder what's the logic behind this?

    Why is a persons name and full address published, especially when they have been remanded in custody ( leaving their family at that address). ?


    It seems unnecessary


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  • #2
    ResearchWill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭ResearchWill


    forestfruits wrote: »
    After seeing a mans full name and address published online after he had been charged with a road traffic offence on Christmas Eve, I wonder what's the logic behind this?

    Why is a persons name and full address published, especially when they have been remanded in custody ( leaving their family at that address). ?


    It seems unnecessary

    There could be many people with the same name in a county, by giving full name and address it is clearly stating who the person is. Courts are by and large administered in public.


  • #3
    Our man in Havana
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    It sells newspapers and satisfies the need for gossip.


  • #4
    krd
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭krd


    forestfruits wrote: »
    After seeing a mans full name and address published online after he had been charged with a road traffic offence on Christmas Eve, I wonder what's the logic behind this?

    It's so the journalists can pad out space.

    Forestfruits, 36, mother of two, Termonfeckin.....ginger balled husband, lesbian sex parties at the weekend.....

    Do you see?


  • #5
    Procrastastudy
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    Fills space, gossip, sells papers also ensures they dont defame someone by getting two Patrick Murphys in Ballynowhere mixed up.

    Frankly if you dont want to be named dont do the crime.


  • #6
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,890 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    Procrastastudy wrote: »
    Frankly if you dont want to be named dont do the crime.

    He, or she, was only charged with the crime, though, right?


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  • #7
    Our man in Havana
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    Being charged does not mean guilt. 2 totally different scenarios.


  • #8
    NUTLEY BOY
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    And if it's a very slow day the journos might even tell us which school the accused attended..


  • #9
    Our man in Havana
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    I have noticed lately a lack of court reports for the local district courts. They tend only to be printed to fill space rather than as a news item.


  • #10
    Procrastastudy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭Procrastastudy


    cgarvey wrote: »
    He, or she, was only charged with the crime, though, right?
    Our man in Havana wrote: »
    Being charged does not mean guilt. 2 totally different scenarios.

    True.


  • #11
    monkeypants
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    NUTLEY BOY wrote: »
    And if it's a very slow day the journos might even tell us which school the accused attended..
    And maybe their profession too.


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