22 Year old arrested after burglary when homeowner defended himself with a golf club.

Cantona's Collars

Can't find a link as I just heard it on the news.

A 22 year old was arrested after attempting to rob a house belonging to a man in his 50's in the Glencar area of Donegal.

The homeowner defended himself with a golf club & managed to detain the burglar until Gardai arrived.The burglar was brought to hospital & arrested upon his discharge.

Fair play to the homeowner & afaik this is the first case that has come to public attention of a would be thief getting a hiding after entering someones property since the new laws were introduced.

the_pits

Link http://www.donegaldaily.com/2013/02/04/man-injured-during-burglary-was-out-on-bail-after-vicious-attack/

Sunnyisland

We should all join Golf clubs to learn how to defend ourselves...

tallus

The home owner deserves a commendation. Fcuking scumbags think they can get away with anything. Pity he didn't maim the bastard.

galwayrush

Glad the home owner is ok.:cool:

smash

Golfers 1 - Scumbags 0

galwayrush

smash wrote: »

Golfers 1 - Scumbags 0

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

Cookie_Monster

see if we had proper gun laws he could've shot the bastard and not damaged a perfectly good golf club

bbam

Just got a pick axe handle yesterday. Beside the bed now, just added a wrist strap.
Have to say for €8 its a mighty handy thing, I'd say it would dish out justice very well.

Wibbs

galwayrush wrote: »

Glad the home owner is ok.:cool:

Ditto. As your scum rarely travel alone he could have been set upon himself.

Yep fair play I reckon. You cross someone's threshold with intent you deserve what you get IMH. No doubt the media bed wetters will be out in force to condemn the owner, and across the divide the rabid calling for birching of the scum. My worry is how this stuff could escalate and how innocent people might end up injured or dead.

GTDolanator

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Kichote

GTDolanator wrote: »

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Glencar is a notoriously scummy aree. Wasnt some lad murdered there last year?

Soups123

What Iron was it?

Plazaman

Hopefully it was a 7 iron, you get a better contact area for batein someone with that than with any other club.

KungPao

I hope he went for a punch shot rather than a flop.

Wibbs

GTDolanator wrote: »

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Lots of isolated homes, close to the border so some can hop across making it harder to catch them. A lot of the border counties have this problem, but it's a rising problem for all of rural Ireland.

Biggins

galwayrush wrote: »

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

It would have been awarded a bigger handicap?

Reckless Abandonment

Garda " how many times did you hit him johnny?? Looks to be a lot"
Homeowner " put me down for 4"....

anncoates

I've nothing to offer except mention of The PC Brigade and passionate descriptions of violent scenarios.

Please thank my post wildly.

xzanti

Yup ya bhoya !!!! I hope he bet 7 colors of sh1t out of the little hoor...

As someone who was broken into 4 days before Christmas this year.. I love to see these vermin get what's coming to them.

I just hope the homeowner doesn't face any repercussions from the scummer's chronies now.

conorhal

GTDolanator wrote: »

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Because there's no longer any point in calling the police, I hear they have to come up from Dublin on the bus these days to attend a call, and only during the hours of 9-5 due to the overtime ban....

thomasm

Usual stuff from the paper as well, the scumbag was on bail following vicious attack in the town previously. Whats the betting he is out on bail again after this

Banjo String

Was half expecting the details to say it was the homeowner that got arrested.

That's how much faith I now have in our justice system.

Fair way play to the homeowner.

Duggy747

That poor guy he beat up. He was just trying to make a living as he was obviously on hard times, no need to batter him with a golf club.















Oh wait, he broke into his property to steal and violate the owner's living space? Dirty scummer deserved it :pac:

Pherekydes

galwayrush wrote: »

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

The guy broke into his house, not his golf club. :pac:

xzanti wrote: »

As someone who was broken into 4 days before Christmas this year.. I love to see these vermin get what's coming to them.

Christmas hasn't happened yet! :pac:

the_syco

thomasm wrote: »

Usual stuff from the paper as well, the scumbag was on bail following vicious attack in the town previously. Whats the betting he is out on bail again after this

May someone play the 18 holes with his head... :pac:

Cienciano

"The man, who is in his early 20s and known to Gardai"

Love that phrase, the nice way the newspapers can call him a scumbag

Oink

galwayrush wrote: »

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

Can he ask for compensation I wonder? Scummer broke in and caused his club to sustain damage after all.

Seans_Username

Kichote wrote: »

Glencar is a notoriously scummy aree.

OK well I'm from Glencar so please don't refer to it as 'scummy'. And while it has a few bad estates, it isn't the dodgiest place in Letterkenny. I lived in a quiet wee estate where there was never any bother, and we lived right beside what would be considered a 'scummy' area.


On topic, golfing isn't really popular in the area (the golf course is on the other side of town basically) so I'd say this burglar picked the wrong man to fúck with. Fair play to the man for sorting out the burglar

Dj Grimreefer

Hid the home owner "fore" warn him before teeing off on that beating

jmayo

I wonder would Nike be interested in sponsorship if the club was one of theirs ?

Lelantos

Seans_Username wrote: »

OK well I'm from Glencar so please don't refer to it as 'scummy'. And while it has a few bad estates, it isn't the dodgiest place in Letterkenny. I lived in a quiet wee estate where there was never any bother, and we lived right beside what would be considered a 'scummy' area.


On topic, golfing isn't really popular in the area (the golf course is on the other side of town basically) so I'd say this burglar picked the wrong man to fúck with. Fair play to the man for sorting out the burglar

Most golfers don't live next door to a golfcourse, being on the other side of town isn't exactly a huge distance to navigate. Probably 4 drives of a 3 wood to a scums head distance to travel I'd say!

Cungi

Plazaman wrote: »

Hopefully it was a 7 iron, you get a better contact area for batein someone with that than with any other club.

I'd a used a sand wedge meself.

mitosis

bbam wrote: »

Just got a pick axe handle yesterday. Beside the bed now, just added a wrist strap.
Have to say for €8 its a mighty handy thing, I'd say it would dish out justice very well.

I hope no-one ever takes it from you.

Plazaman

Cungi wrote: »

I'd a used a sand wedge meself.

Don't know, unless it was one of those rock hard day old sticks of french bread, I can't see how hitting someone with a sandwich would deter them.

Witcher

Cungi wrote: »

I'd a used a sand wedge meself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXEGDcIAuLY

ejmaztec

I think I'll join my local chainsaw club.

channro

thomasm wrote: »

Usual stuff from the paper as well, the scumbag was on bail following vicious attack in the town previously. Whats the betting he is out on bail again after this

no bail

http://www.donegaldaily.com/2013/02/05/man-on-trespassing-charges-appears-in-court-on-crutches/

the culture of deference

channro wrote: »

no bail

http://www.donegaldaily.com/2013/02/05/man-on-trespassing-charges-appears-in-court-on-crutches/

Haughey, was already on bail after being charged with assault on December 10th last.


Inspector Kevin Gately told the court he had breached his previous bail conditions


However solicitor Patsy Gallagher said his client had not been proven to have broken his bail conditions.


Inspector Gately said the fact that this case was before the court was evidence that Haughey was not being of good behaviour.




Unbelievable.


The guy was on bail for assault, and then charged with 2 break ins in january 23rd and feb 4th.


If someone breaks into my house and falls downs the stairs, then gets up and falls down the stairs again, are the gardai able to tell how many times the intruder fell down the stairs?

razorblunt

The Bird-ie Man of Alcatraz

Dr Turk Turkelton

bbam wrote: »

Just got a pick axe handle yesterday. Beside the bed now, just added a wrist strap.
Have to say for €8 its a mighty handy thing, I'd say it would dish out justice very well.

Should have got a hatchet or a claw hammer.A pick handle can be hard to use in the confined space of a home.
A hatchet is a lot shorter thus easier to wield if the time comes(for chopping logs upstairs obviously!)

Smidge

Anybody know what the home owners(or anyone who finds themselves in this situation)legal standpoint is?

Asking because was only talking about this very thing with someone the other day and was told "No matter what happens, make sure you drag the criminal OUTSIDE of your property after the ahem "Lesson" and leave them well away from your house and then deny everything"

I would have thought it would have been the opposite scenario, if the criminal was still inside your property when the guards arrived it proves he was trespassing??

Boombastic

the culture of deference wrote: »

Haughey, was already on bail after being charged with assault on December 10th last.


Inspector Kevin Gately told the court he had breached his previous bail conditions


However solicitor Patsy Gallagher said his client had not been proven to have broken his bail conditions.


Inspector Gately said the fact that this case was before the court was evidence that Haughey was not being of good behaviour.




Unbelievable.


The guy was on bail for assault, and then charged with 2 break ins in january 23rd and feb 4th.


If someone breaks into my house and falls downs the stairs, then gets up and falls down the stairs again, are the gardai able to tell how many times the intruder fell down the stairs?

What are the conditions of bail that was set, if breaking the law is not breaking the conditions?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Kichote wrote: »

Glencar is a notoriously scummy aree. Wasnt some lad murdered there last year?

No complete rubbish. Glencar is a very respectable area. It's scum bags like Jason Haughey who got clobbered with the golf club that aren't even from letterkenny that brings the name if the area down.

Jason Haughey has been named as the scumbag in this case.

xLexie

Wait for the thread where Jason haughey is plaintiff in a civil case, for his broken leg or wounded pride.

What a sick world. Too bad he was able to walk into the courtroom

gagomes

GTDolanator wrote: »

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

A lot of house doors left unlocked in the country. Heard this from a work colleague/boards mod who is from Mayo.

Madam

gagomes wrote: »

A lot of house doors left unlocked in the country. Heard this from a work colleague/boards mod who is from Mayo.

Not in a biggish town like Letterkenny you don't. Btw Glencar has its 'iffy' parts but on the whole most of the people who live there are grand:)

DarkJager

Smidge wrote: »

Asking because was only talking about this very thing with someone the other day and was told "No matter what happens, make sure you drag the criminal OUTSIDE of your property after the ahem "Lesson" and leave them well away from your house and then deny everything"

No you drag them upstairs or near to the closest bedroom downstairs if there is one. Immediate threat=whatever use of force you feel like.

monkeypants

tallus wrote: »

Pity he didn't maim the bastard.

Improved his handicap though.

Smidge

DarkJager wrote: »

No you drag them upstairs or near to the closest bedroom downstairs if there is one. Immediate threat=whatever use of force you feel like.

Are you sure?
The person I spoke to about this was certain about NOT having the culprit on you property.

Smidge

Smidge wrote: »

Are you sure?
The person I spoke to about this was certain about NOT having the culprit on you property.

All depends how badly they injure themselves upon falling down the stairs I suppose