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False accused

  • 04-02-2015 8:48pm
    #1
    Sparkie3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi, The other day I came home and found gardai searching my house claiming they had been told by a "reliable source" that I had been sellin drugs from my home. Obviously they found nothing as I am no drug dealer whatsoever. But when I asked who accused me I was told that it was just a " reliable source".
    Do I have the right to know who made this accusation as I live right next door to my landlord and she's not too impressed by the situation. So I really need to clear it all up for good as if don't want to be made homeless over some dope talkin crap.


Comments

  • #2
    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    No, you have absolutely no right to know.


  • #3
    Sparkie3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Sparkie3


    January wrote: »
    No, you have absolutely no right to know.

    Doesn't really seem fair that someone can just lie like that about you and you have no rights to find out who.


  • #4
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭source


    Sparkie3 wrote: »
    Doesn't really seem fair that someone can just lie like that about you and you have no rights to find out who.

    What would you do with said information?


  • #5
    Sparkie3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Sparkie3


    source wrote: »
    What would you do with said information?

    I like to know why they said this and try clear it all up. It's made life really crap for me the last couple of days.


  • #6
    Timmyctc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭Timmyctc


    How did the Gardai get into your house?


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  • #7
    Sparkie3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Sparkie3


    Timmyctc wrote: »
    How did the Gardai get into your house?

    They got in tru a bedroom window I had left open.


  • #8
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭source


    Sparkie3 wrote: »
    I like to know why they said this and try clear it all up. It's made life really crap for me the last couple of days.

    Go to the Gardai and make a complaint. Gardai won't give you information like that.


  • #9
    euskadite
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭euskadite


    Did they have a warrant?


  • #10
    Sparkie3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Sparkie3


    euskadite wrote: »
    Did they have a warrant?

    Ye they had a search warrant wit them. But found nothing at all.


  • #11
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    You can get a solicitor and challenge the warrant. You might be able to get a look at the information sworn before the judge to get the warrant. But it would be costly and there would be no guarantee the person would be named on it. It's ery unlikely there will be anything identifiable on it.


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  • #12
    euskadite
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭euskadite


    Judges seem to be handing out warrants like lollipops.


  • #13
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    euskadite wrote: »
    Judges seem to be handing out warrants like lollipops.

    It's because they're really soft on crime and need the drug dealers in court so they can let them off with a slap on the wrists.


  • #14
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,433 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    As other posters have already pointed out OP, you have no entitlement to find out the name of the person who albeit mistakenly, unfortunately, maliciously or otherwise made a complaint against you.

    I had a similar situation happen to myself a number of years back now when I had a visit from the local Gardaí. I co-operated fully and it transpired that while they had the right name, they had the wrong address. I just happened to share the same name as a person who was well known in the town for their illicit enterprise!

    I never actually thought to try and find out who made the complaint as I had just dismissed it as a simple clerical error rather than anything malicious.


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