Arrested with 3 year bench warrant

Jaffa007

My cousin was arrested 3 years ago with 6,000 euros worth of canabis. He skipped the country for 3 years and recent returned but was arrested as bench warrant out for him.

He is now facing court in a few weeks time will he face a prison scentence? He has no other convictions and is off drugs and trying to get a job?

Any thoughts welcome.

Pro Hoc Vice

He may or may not, depending on previous convictions and other factors. His solicitor and if he has one his barrister (who will have all the facts) can best advise him.

spcw

Hopefully he will go to the big house 6K is possession with intent to supply. he should pay for the misery he pedals.

danotroy

Jaffa007 wrote: »

My cousin was arrested 3 years ago with 6,000 euros worth of canabis. He skipped the country for 3 years and recent returned but was arrested as bench warrant out for him.

He is now facing court in a few weeks time will he face a prison scentence? He has no other convictions and is off drugs and trying to get a job?

Any thoughts welcome.

Cousin....... ah come on now.... how was australia fella?

Fuzzy Clam

spcw wrote: »

Hopefully he will go to the big house 6K is possession with intent to supply. he should pay for the misery he pedals.

Misery?
Chill out man, it was only cannabis dude.

Kristopherus

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

Misery?
Chill out man, it was only cannabis dude.

....with intent to supply. And then skipped it. Hopefully 6yrs. As for work, he'll have plenty of practice handstitching leather.

spcw

Kristopherus wrote: »

....with intent to supply. And then skipped it. Hopefully 6yrs. As for work, he'll have plenty of practice handstitching leather.

Drug Dealing is Drug Dealing its not a victimless crime.

gustafo

he will be grand if he lives in the south of the country, try and delay the sentence until next year and he will have a great little bit of R+R

http://www.theholyharp.com/construction-begins-on-new-5-star-luxury-prison-in-cork/

Santa Cruz

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

Misery?
Chill out man, it was only cannabis dude.

Usual rubbish.

Skipped the country. Hopefully a good few months in custody on remand.
Then maybe 2 years with time off for the period spent in custody.

downonthefarm

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Usual rubbish.

Skipped the country. Hopefully a good few months in custody on remand.
Then maybe 2 years with time off for the period spent in custody.

How much will that cost the taxpayer?
A lot more than 6k.
Hope he gets suspended op

mikom

spcw wrote: »

Hopefully he will go to the big house

Big house!
Do you still wear spats?

Fuzzy Clam

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Usual rubbish.

Skipped the country. Hopefully a good few months in custody on remand.
Then maybe 2 years with time off for the period spent in custody.

My reply was in relation to the word "misery".
Try reading next time before posting.

Santa Cruz

downonthefarm wrote: »

How much will that cost the taxpayer?
A lot more than 6k.
Hope he gets suspended op

The cost of prison far exceeds the street value of the drugs but that has nothing to do imprisonment. Imprisonment is meant to be a deterrent

Holsten

spcw wrote: »

Hopefully he will go to the big house 6K is possession with intent to supply. he should pay for the misery he pedals.

Are you actually serious!?

Anyway he is looking at Possession of controlled drugs for sale or supply with it at 6k.

A prison sentence is a possibility but it's up to the judge, really no way to know.

FearDark

spcw wrote: »

Hopefully he will go to the big house 6K is possession with intent to supply. he should pay for the misery he pedals.

It's weed dude not meth. Jesus.

SamAK

Might I remind yis all that this is a discussion about the situation the OP's cousin finds himself in, and not a debate about draconian drug laws. There's plenty of threads that just end up going round in circles over the current laws..

So, let's just give it a rest for now. Please?!

mikom

Did a mod just come in or am I hearing things?

Santa Cruz

FearDark wrote: »

It's weed dude not meth. Jesus.

I would say myself that if he had dealt with it 3 years ago, with no previous convictions he probably would have got a suspended sentence. But the old beaks don't look too favourably on absconders. But he may still get a suspended sentence after spending a little bit of time on remand.
If he can show some serious effort at a lesson learnt he might just be ok

SamAK

mikom wrote: »

Did a mod just come in or am I hearing things?

Well hello you. No, you're just imagining it. No mods here!

mikom

SamAK wrote: »

Well hello you. No, you're just imagining it. No mods here!

Howya. .

eireannBEAR

Caught with six grand worth of drugs and then does a runner....



His only chance was that the gardai forgot about the warrant or just didnt care anymore....But the judge now thats another story how can he reward your cousin after he insulted the court by running..... He doesnt have a hope in hell,its a shame if he truly changed his ways i wouldnt want to see him go down!

baldbear

I would very much doubt he will do time. Space in prison is tight and judges want to reserve rooms for the more serious criminals.

A suspended sentence with community service makes sense to me. Is he enrolled in any employment/educational training? That might look favourable.

eireannBEAR

You ''very much'' doubt that some one caught with 6k worth of drugs wouldnt go to prison.... My god thats an optimistic line of thought, i hope you are right...

Pro Hoc Vice

eireannBEAR wrote: »

You ''very much'' doubt that some one caught with 6k worth of drugs wouldnt go to prison.... My god thats an optimistic line of thought, i hope you are right...

6k hash, first offence does all the right things, would expect a suspended sentence.

eireannBEAR

infosys wrote: »

6k hash, first offence does all the right things, would expect a suspended sentence.

Does all the right things?? he ran to another country...

I have never heard of some one in this situation not going to jail if found guilty.

Pro Hoc Vice

eireannBEAR wrote: »

Does all the right things?? he ran to another country...

I have never heard of some one in this situation not going to jail if found guilty.

Did he run before or after the indictment was prepared. If it was post arrest but pre the service of the book of evidence, then he has a very good chance. Can I ask home many indictable trials and sentences you have run.

Spunge

spcw wrote: »

Hopefully he will go to the big house 6K is possession with intent to supply. he should pay for the misery he pedals.

Cant tell if serious or not.

Peddling misery with cannabis ?

Off licence owners deserve the death penalty then, (to use a cliche'd but valid argument)

vinnie13

what ever about getting off light at the time for 6k after doin a runner he is facing charges for that too so be lucky to get off with 5yrs

roy rodgers

I know a lad that was caught with a 9 bar and got 6 months in the joy for his troubles. and he done it the right way by pleading guilty and first offense.
like your cousin skipped the country for three years which cant be good and as far as i know a warrant will stay live for as long as it takes.
he just may except it...

Bepolite

Why did he come back. Seems a bit daft.

ganmo

maybe he got kicked out of auz

sawdoubters

of course he will go to jail,they will take his passport off him

did he come back himself or was he brought back

and will have committed a further criminal offence that carries a maximum penalty of €1,270 and/or 12 months imprisonment. This sentence is set down in Section 13 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

for skipping bail

my guess 2 years maybe months off for good behaviour

Santa Cruz

Bepolite wrote: »

Why did he come back. Seems a bit daft.

Not all criminals are the master criminals featured in the Sunday World.
Quite a lot have nothing between the ears which accounts for the prison overcrowding.

Bepolite

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Not all criminals are the master criminals featured in the Sunday World.
Quite a lot have nothing between the ears which accounts for the prison overcrowding.

Given my chosen career (law) will involve making no money for ten years I've always wondered (given my average level of intelligence) whether I'd be better off in a life of crime. :pac:

dr Golden

What kind of tool was he to come home ?

trancemuzic

dr Golden wrote: »

What kind of tool was he to come home ?

A spanner ?

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz wrote: »

Not all criminals are the master criminals featured in the Sunday World.
Quite a lot have nothing between the ears which accounts for the prison overcrowding.

Not all the master criminals featured in the Sunday world are master criminals either.

CarrickMcJoe

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

Misery?
Chill out man, it was only cannabis dude.

Q.What did Fuzzy Clam do when he saw a Spaceman?

A. He parked in it......Man

Fuzzy Clam

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Q.What did Fuzzy Clam do when he saw a Spaceman?

A. He parked in it......Man

I "thanked" you for that. I'm not quite sure why though.:)

MayoSalmon

This is laughable..weed is widely available (legally) in many countries now... but guess what were still sending people to jail for it, GAS

eireannBEAR

MayoSalmon wrote: »

This is laughable..weed is widely available (legally) in many countries now... but guess what were still sending people to jail for it, GAS

I dont think its legal to possess 6k of weed in any country TBF.

MayoSalmon

eireannBEAR wrote: »

I dont think its legal to possess 6k of weed in any country TBF.

Couldn't care if it was 220K...its not Heroin or anything even remotely dangerous to the general public IMO.

eireannBEAR

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Couldn't care if it was 220K...its not Heroin or anything even remotely dangerous to the general public IMO.

Sure its not as dangerous as heroin,And while i agree it should be legal,their is no excuse for having that amount,Who knows where the profits from the sale of that weed is going.

Zambia

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Couldn't care if it was 220K...its not Heroin or anything even remotely dangerous to the general public IMO.

What countries ? Apart from Holland.sorry here it is

schmanga

If the cousin is white irish with no obvious disability/impairment, from a middle of the road family of middle class background with a decent education he has no defence whatsoever and is screwed. If he is upper crust loaded he can afford the best defence in Ireland which means they will find a loophole/technical flaw in Garda procedures and he won't spend one day behind bars. If he is from a lower soci-economic group and has poor education, dependencey issues etc, and as he has a clean record, likewise he won't spend a day behind bars.

adrag

Your cousin is ****ed unless he becomes a whistleblower on where he aquired said drugs,sorry that wont work because according to the commissioner such actions are disgustig,ironic that martin" cahill" sorry callinan has a very similar view to that of martin "callinan" sorry cahill on whistleblowers/rats.your cuz wull get a3year suspended i reckpn

godtabh

MayoSalmon wrote: »

Couldn't care if it was 220K...its not Heroin or anything even remotely dangerous to the general public IMO.

Your opinion but the law does not agree with you

IrishSkyBoxer

he can expect 5 years for the half a kilo and the absconsion on top of it.

fair enough as well, your cousin is the scum of the earth, had a mate of mine who died because of scum like your family.

IrishSkyBoxer

Bepolite wrote: »

Given my chosen career (law) will involve making no money for ten years I've always wondered (given my average level of intelligence) whether I'd be better off in a life of crime. :pac:

education unfortunately is not rewarded my friend.

I wonder as well myself if I'd be better off on the dole playing the playstation every day.

makes me sick.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

IrishSkyBoxer wrote: »

he can expect 5 years for the half a kilo and the absconsion on top of it.

fair enough as well, your cousin is the scum of the earth, had a mate of mine who died because of scum like your family.

5 years?!? You're nuts pal.
Depending on when he ran he mightn't go to prison at all. Tops for first offence here I think would be about 3 years, serve 2 and a bit.

adrag

Sky boxers mate died because someone had weed in their possession.hilarious.