Another sexual assault at night in Dublin

Assetbacked

A taxi driver is alleged to have assaulted a woman he picked up on Saturday night in Swords. Gardaí are speaking to "someone" but no arrests have been made https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/woman-sexually-assaulted-taxi-driver-15515497

Hopefully there is actual progress with this case as I recall a sexual assault late at night at Tara St a number of months ago seems to have ended up with the perpetrator getting away https://www.thesun.ie/news/3137082/gardai-alleged-sexual-assault-woman-dublin/

Edit:, just to add the other story posted in the thread about a poor German girl walking home in Dublin 8 last Saturday night and was apparently raped by in a random attack https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/man-hunted-after-german-student-raped-on-walk-home-in-dublin-37596551.html

murpho999

Sorry but don't see why you'd post a thread here about it as if this crime is unique to Dublin.

klaaaz

Thanks OP for highlighting this. There is still a large misogyny attitude among some men towards women about sexual abuse, women who are the most vulnerable victims from predator men should be able to know that a taxi is a safe space to bring them home safely. After all, women cannot walk home especially at night due to the threat of sexual attack from those men. Good men know that this is a fact of life for women in case the usual offended insecure men get upset at the fact that daily life for women has it's threats from those misogynistic men.

Richard Hillman

No description of the attackers?

Jessie Belle

murpho999 wrote: »

Sorry but don't see why you'd post a thread here about it as if this crime is unique to Dublin.

I see nowhere im his post that says it is unique to Dublin.
A thread was posted about an incident that happened, just like countless other threads about other incidents.

John Sacrimoni

Heres another from last week

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/gardaí-investigating-alleged-rape-of-woman-in-christchurch-1.3721555%3fmode=amp

John Sacrimoni

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No description of the attackers?

Must be one of them dark fellas

orourkeda1977

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

For all we know this guy could be innocent.

CinemaGuy45

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No description of the attackers?

They were hatless.

YFlyer

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No description of the attackers?

Said a taxi driver.

hill16bhoy

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

For all we know this guy could be innocent.

Depends.

If he's white, he's innocent.

If he's not white, string him up!

That's the way it's going these days in this brave new world of the far-right troll-flooded INTERNET.

SeanW

I thought it was the other way around? If the Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination in the US recently showed us, if you're white and male you're automatically guilty.

It doesn't matter how long ago the alleged events were, how many "I don't know"s and "I don't remember"s are key parts of the story, how many witnesses contradict the accuser on other key parts of the story, nor how ... conveniently timed the accusations are, nor the contradictions between an accuser who flies long distances all the time despite claiming to be afraid to fly, (and other things like not wanting to go public despite having taken a flimsy polygraph test).

None of that mattered, because Kavanaugh was a conservative white man, he was automatically guilty according to the mainstream media and wide swathes of Western society.

Rule 1 of being a political hack - accuse others of that which you are guilty yourself.

VeryTerry

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No description of the attackers?

Obese illiterate Octavia owner from Finglas?

Sorry Finglas. I mean no offense.

Andrew00

Richard Hillman wrote: »

No description of the attackers?

Either the things we are importing or some fat dub

hill16bhoy

SeanW wrote: »

I thought it was the other way around? If the Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination in the US recently showed us, if you're white and male you're automatically guilty.

It doesn't matter how long ago the alleged events were, how many "I don't know"s and "I don't remember"s are key parts of the story, how many witnesses contradict the accuser on other key parts of the story, nor how ... conveniently timed the accusations are, nor the contradictions between an accuser who flies long distances all the time despite claiming to be afraid to fly, (and other things like not wanting to go public despite having taken a flimsy polygraph test).

None of that mattered, because Kavanaugh was a conservative white man, he was automatically guilty according to the mainstream media and wide swathes of Western society.

Rule 1 of being a political hack - accuse others of that which you are guilty yourself.

The Brett Kavanaugh case actually completely proves my point about online right-wing trolls.

The online right's default reaction is to dismiss credible allegations of sexual assault.

Except if the alleged perpetrator is not white, or seen by them to represent "left-wing" politics.

They're so predictable like that.

Trolls and racists are always predictable.

VeryTerry

hill16bhoy wrote: »

Trolls and racists are always predictable.

They have a script and by God they are sticking to it. The dumb ***** show themselves up as worse clowns every time they deviate.

Outlaw Pete

hill16bhoy wrote: »

The online right's default reaction is to dismiss credible allegations of sexual assault.

Not feeling that mere allegations should warrant someone losing their jobs =/= "dismissal" of such and besides, whether or not an allegation is credible or not is for the police to decide, not maniacs in pussy hats.

They're so predictable like that.

Yeah, cause liberals aren't predictable in this context at all like. They take to the streets in protest when the accused is someone the left sees as part of patriarchal oppression but yet when the accused is a woman (in the case of Asia Argento) or a lovie (like Roman Polanski) then it's a much different reaction altogether isn't it.

Trolls and racists are always predictable.

And of course trolls and racists = every who doesn't agree with the liberal left of course.

DS86DS

hill16bhoy wrote: »

The Brett Kavanaugh case actually completely proves my point about online right-wing trolls.

The online right's default reaction is to dismiss credible allegations of sexual assault.

Except if the alleged perpetrator is not white, or seen by them to represent "left-wing" politics.

They're so predictable like that.

Trolls and racists are always predictable.

Liberals and Commies are always predictable too.

We have something called the Presumption of Innocence. It's one of the major cornerstones of a free society....and a protection from tyranny. As US founding father John Adams put it

"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished.

But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.


No doubt if Commies like you ever take over, the idea of Innocent until proven guilty will be gone out the window.

Stuff like Habeus Corpus is a major obstacle to all Commies and an inconvenience when trying to put people who disagree with you into Gulags.

ittakestwo

Assetbacked wrote: »

A taxi driver is alleged to have assaulted a woman he picked up on Saturday night in Swords. Gardaí are speaking to "someone" but no arrests have been made https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/woman-sexually-assaulted-taxi-driver-15515497

Hopefully there is actual progress with this case as I recall a sexual assault late at night at Tara St a number of months ago seems to have ended up with the perpetrator getting away https://www.thesun.ie/news/3137082/gardai-alleged-sexual-assault-woman-dublin/

The report did not say the taxi driver was male or refer to him as being male. You did tho...... No possibility it was a women who carried out the alleged sexual assult?

Wibbs

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Yeah, cause liberals aren't predictable in this context at all like.

All ideologues are predictable. It's built into the very nature of ideologues. What's also built in is an inability to see that predictability within themselves.

Captain Obvious

I can never fully get my head around these kinds of crime. To deliberately violate someone so deeply and have no remorse. It's hard to see how someone who does this can be rehabilitated or trusted in society again.

Mrsmum

Captain Obvious wrote: »

I can never fully get my head around these kinds of crime. To deliberately violate someone so deeply and have no remorse. It's hard to see how someone who does this can be rehabilitated or trusted in society again.

Yes. I think myself, for people who do this, somewhere along the line their own humanity got warped or destroyed leaving them totally lacking in normal human responses.

Sonics2k

Jesus christ, this thread is about an innocent person who was sexually assaulted on her way home. Taxi's are used by thousands of people everyday and should be a 'safe' way to get home.

But here we go again AH, straight away it's the usual foreigner bashing, despite no evidence and arguments between left and right.

AH is absolute trash these days.

Assetbacked

Sonics2k wrote: »

Jesus christ, this thread is about an innocent person who was sexually assaulted on her way home. Taxi's are used by thousands of people everyday and should be a 'safe' way to get home.

But here we go again AH, straight away it's the usual foreigner bashing, despite no evidence and arguments between left and right.

AH is absolute trash these days.

Yes, exactly. It's about a few recent late night incidents of girls being alone and assaulted. Obviously it's not an epidemic but it's still too many incidents. Girls shouldn't feel uncomfortable making their way home late at night in Dublin - it is generally a very safe city.

murpho999

Sonics2k wrote: »

Jesus christ, this thread is about an innocent person who was sexually assaulted on her way home. Taxi's are used by thousands of people everyday and should be a 'safe' way to get home.

But here we go again AH, straight away it's the usual foreigner bashing, despite no evidence and arguments between left and right.

AH is absolute trash these days.

Taxis are a safe way home 99.9999% of the time.

I don't see where people are blaming a foreigner though Can you please point it out?

Kivaro

murpho999 wrote: »

Taxis are a safe way home 99.9999% of the time.

I don't see where people are blaming a foreigner though Can you please point it out?

Yeah, I was confused about that too.

The irony is that those bringing race into this thread are those posters who scream "racist/bigot/nazi" if you don't toe the liberal line.
Definitely agree that AH has gone bonkers very recently with those types of posters.

nim1bdeh38l2cw

murpho999 wrote: »

Sorry but don't see why you'd post a thread here about it as if this crime is unique to Dublin.

This crime did happen in Dublin, it didn't happen anywhere else, ergo it is unique to Dublin.

Pug160

Oh it's a terrible crime and you never become immune to it. it will never completely go away and any potential culprit can be native or otherwise (John Worboys in London comes to mind and he was homegrown). But putting ideologies and virtue signalling aside, just remember that there is an ugly underbelly of society in general, which comes in many forms. I have heard some horror stories from taxi drivers about attempted ambushes and assaults. I have also heard of many stories about violent women too. One such story made the news up here a while back, when a woman spat in the face of a taxi driver. It's not a job I envy at all.

rossie1977

DS86DS wrote: »

Liberals and Commies are always predictable too.

I would imagine liberals and commies would have a vastly different stance on crime and punishment. The Dutch and the North Koreans are not very much alike to my knowledge anyway.

Dyr

hill16bhoy wrote: »

The Brett Kavanaugh case actually completely proves my point about online right-wing trolls.

The online right's default reaction is to dismiss credible allegations of sexual assault.

Those allegations were credible? Lay off the kool aid there, about as credible as the Obama birther allegations

Here we go

Should taxis be required by law to have a front dash cam with a cam pointing out and also into the taxi for the driver's protection in crash and for passengers protection for incedents like this or for the driver if false allegations are made ???

hill16bhoy

DS86DS wrote: »

Liberals and Commies are always predictable too.

We have something called the Presumption of Innocence. It's one of the major cornerstones of a free society....and a protection from tyranny. As US founding father John Adams put it

"It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished.

But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.


No doubt if Commies like you ever take over, the idea of Innocent until proven guilty will be gone out the window.

Stuff like Habeus Corpus is a major obstacle to all Commies and an inconvenience when trying to put people who disagree with you into Gulags.

It's hilarious to see you talking about "presumption of innocence" given you extend no such thing to anybody from an ethnic minority, and have been posting stuff like this all day:

DS86DS wrote: »

Alright I've had enough of the softie polite approach........When this lot gets deported, I would be thinking you lot would follow

I will personally shine my boots and kick your reddened arses into outer space where the lot of you belong

Yeah, you're obviously somebody who believes in due process and the law and all that, and not fascism. Oh wait.

Brett Kavanaugh was not on trial. He was facing a congresssional hearing to ascertain whether he was of sufficiently good character to sit on the US Supreme Court, a position which demands unimpeachable character more than any other in civil society.

Multiple credible allegations of sexual assault as well as Kavanaugh's perjury in his initial hearing and pathetic further perjury during the televised hearing on September 27th proved to any reasonable person (ie., people who aren't raving misgynists) that he was not fit to sit on any bench, never mind a Supreme Court bench.

The hearing and the circus surrounding it effectively turned the whole thing into a kangaroo court against his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, who was extremely credible, and who suffered numerous death threats and had to leave her home as a result of her coming forward.

The credible allegations of two other accusers were not even investigated. Those women didn't even recieve an opportunity to tell their story at the hearing.

One can presume you weren't sheddding too many tears over the threats and intimidation to Dr. Blasey Ford - your posts here show you perfectly fit the profile of the type of person who wholeheartedly approves of such.

No doubt if Commies like you ever take over, the idea of Innocent until proven guilty will be gone out the window.

"Commies like you".

Christ, you're good. I'd say you were a real whizz on the college debating circuit with rhetoric like that.

pearcider

You’re some head banger hill16boy you’re the biggest troll on boards. Get a life you SJW snowflake.

hill16bhoy

pearcider wrote: »

You’re some head banger hill16boy you’re the biggest troll on boards.

Wow, you reply to my reasoned, well written, knowledgable post with a one-sentence grunt.

That's me told.

It's "bhoy", by the way.

pearcider

You’re a sad case.

Assetbacked

Jesus, another sexual assault being investigated in Dublin https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/garda-investigate-alleged-sexual-assault-in-dublin-city-centre-37613980.html

That's 3 in the last few days which have been reported in the news.

Deebles McBeebles

Mr. CooL ICE

Mod: There has already been another thread closed on the matter here. Any speculation on any suspect (and that includes overdone 'hilarious' references) will lead to cards/bans.

Assetbacked

https://www.thejournal.ie/appeal-witnesses-sexual-assault-dublin-4390925-Dec2018/

Jesus, a fifth sexual assault in Dublin. We are at epidemic levels. What the **** is going on.

The_Kew_Tour

I hate saying it and I hope people understand what I mean, but I hope it same individual responsible for the few attacks.

Would be easier to narrow down the **** and maybe not have worry about a few about.

Most important is that women get help and all services they need. Feel for poor women. No words

Captain Obvious

Assetbacked wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/appeal-witnesses-sexual-assault-dublin-4390925-Dec2018/

Jesus, a fifth sexual assault in Dublin. We are at epidemic levels. What the **** is going on.

I hate to be the one to break it to you but this is probably not an unusual amount of assaults. What's unusual is they are being reported in the news.

fryup

in this day & age of online filth, its only going to get worse

Assetbacked

Captain Obvious wrote: »

I hate to be the one to break it to you but this is probably not an unusual amount of assaults. What's unusual is they are being reported in the news.

"probably" - how certain are you and based on what?

WillieMason

fryup wrote: »

in this day & age of online filth, its only going to get worse

Hey man dont be blaming boards.ie

strandroad

Assetbacked wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/appeal-witnesses-sexual-assault-dublin-4390925-Dec2018/

Jesus, a fifth sexual assault in Dublin. We are at epidemic levels. What the **** is going on.

What this brings to light is how you can't win on a night out. It's all something we're well trained in as women but you really can't win.
You walk home, you're at risk.
You take a taxi, you're at risk.
You accept a lift, you're at risk.
You stay at the party, you're at risk.

It's somewhat positive that even After Hours is not telling these women what they should have done instead, possibly in recognition of the above?

In other news, the alleged victim of the sportsman rape is afraid to give statement, even though she was injured and there were witnesses at the party. I can't blame her for not wanting to go through a Cork/Belfast/Tinder trial situation with the added sports fans hounding her and her child(ren), and the obvious "she's after his money" accusations.
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/mum-who-claims-sports-star-raped-her-afraid-to-give-statement-37621896.html
Can any action be taken without her statement?

Captain Obvious

Assetbacked wrote: »

"probably" - how certain are you and based on what?

The CSO figures on rape and the Rape Crisis Center figures on reporting incidents.

Feisar

fryup wrote: »

in this day & age of online filth, its only going to get worse

And computer games cause violence.

Deebles McBeebles

Feisar wrote: »

And computer games cause violence.

I thought that was Judas Priest and Kiss?

fryup

well they contribute to it, they desensitise some people to violence

Tchaikovsky

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I thought that was Judas Priest and Kiss?

And I thought that was for Satanic worship?

Deebles McBeebles

Tchaikovsky wrote: »

And I thought that was for Satanic worship?

I just rolled all the outrage into one. I'm sure some idiot American politician accused them of it at some stage.