Karma's a bitch!

djtwigster

http://www.northernsound.ie/news/an-emyvale-man-who-pushed-a-13-year-old-boy-off-his-bike-last-summer-has-been-sentenced-to-prison/

derealbadger

Fully deserved

wheelo01

Is this the one where they followed the kid in a car, grabbed his saddle post, got him up to speed then pushed him into a ditch?? If it is, then it is well deserved, if not, it probably is too

djtwigster

I think thats the one.

wheelo01

In fairness, they are lucky there wasn't serious injuries to the kid. The sentence could have been a whole lot longer.

Darkglasses

Is the kid ok?

wheelo01

If it is the same occurrence, yes he was pushed into long grass, i think he had cuts and scratches.

Scratch that, here is a link to the original article >> http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/attackers-grabbed-and-pushed-emyvale-cc-u14-from-passing-car-knocking-him-unconscious/

Plasid

wheelo01 wrote: »

If it is the same occurrence, yes he was pushed into long grass, i think he had cuts and scratches.

Scratch that, here is a link to the original article >> http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/attackers-grabbed-and-pushed-emyvale-cc-u14-from-passing-car-knocking-him-unconscious/

6 months... Likely to be reduced by at least 50% for an assault leading to loss of consciousness!

Sam Kade

djtwigster wrote: »

http://www.northernsound.ie/news/an-emyvale-man-who-pushed-a-13-year-old-boy-off-his-bike-last-summer-has-been-sentenced-to-prison/

It isn't exactly karma

diomed

Very disappointing it wasn't a ten year sentence.

diomed

No mention of his accomplice(s), the car driver.

MrCreosote

Pathetic sentence really.

Think about it- say you were strolling down the footpath and decided to randomly assault a child, leaving him unconscious, and then fled only to be hauled in later... Do you really think you'd only get 10 months?

kilburn

Ridiculous sentence for what could easily have killed the young lad justice my ass

Lumen

diomed wrote: »

Very disappointing it wasn't a ten year sentence.

Given that rape convictions in Ireland typically get 5-7 years that would seem relatively disproportionate.

MrCreosote wrote: »

Pathetic sentence really.

Think about it- say you were strolling down the footpath and decided to randomly assault a child, leaving him unconscious, and then fled only to be hauled in later... Do you really think you'd only get 10 months?

If there was no lasting damage I'd wouldn't be surprised if custodial was avoided.

Random example:
Assault causing harm - Bottle - Facial injury - Scarring - No previous convictions
http://www.irishsentencing.ie/en/ISIS/record/CCT/NT00000FCE
-> 1 year imprisonment, probably out in a lot less.

diomed

Lumen wrote: »

Assault causing harm - Bottle - Facial injury - Scarring - No previous convictions
http://www.irishsentencing.ie/en/ISIS/record/CCT/NT00000FCE
-> 1 year imprisonment, probably out in a lot less.

I am shocked that someone could do such horrific injuries with a broken bottle and only get a one year sentence.

Lumen

diomed wrote: »

I am shocked that someone could do such horrific injuries with a broken bottle and only get a one year sentence.

Yeah, probably best avoid the courts then.

Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy enough with public stoning to death of the cretins who pushed the kid off his bike.

stecleary

Karma? karma? KARMA????

not f'ing way is that karma, Karma would have been a real sentence for what what basically attempted murder!

MrCreosote

Lumen wrote: »

Given that rape convictions in Ireland typically get 5-7 years that would seem relatively disproportionate.


If there was no lasting damage I'd wouldn't be surprised if custodial was avoided.

Random example:
Assault causing harm - Bottle - Facial injury - Scarring - No previous convictions
http://www.irishsentencing.ie/en/ISIS/record/CCT/NT00000FCE
-> 1 year imprisonment, probably out in a lot less.

That's two adults- this was a child. And he got double the sentence

ford2600

MrCreosote wrote: »

That's two adults- this was a child. And he got double the sentence

Sometimes I find myself thinking that the Albanians are entirely wrong with
Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit.

el tel

This is barely justice, let alone karma.

Karma will be when someone stoves his head in for being an absolute scummer.

Zzippy

Whatever about the guy in court, why wasn't the driver charged too? Surely just as guilty, and the car should be confiscated too as it was used in the offence.

dastardly00

I think the convicted guy's name should be posted here for all to see.

22 year old Thomas McCarron of Killydreen, Emyvale pleaded guilty to a charge of assault causing harm in relation to the incident which happened along the main Emyvale to Monaghan road on June 23rd 2014.