David Curran - double murderer out on day release

Fakediamond

I am genuinely shocked that the double murderer David Curran has been given day release only 9 years into a double life sentence. Who authorised this? If it was the Parole Board then they need to be getting better advice than they have clearly received up to now.

As a society we need to get better at understanding that model behaviour in prison rarely translates into the same behaviour back in the toxic environment that created it. Having a dysfunctional childhood can create very dangerous adults, who would find it difficult, if not impossible to change their ways. It’s not like he’s returning to a loving, functioning family, who disapprove of the behaviour and can help him to become a model citizen.

Squatter

Fakediamond wrote: »

I am genuinely shocked that the double murderer David Curran has been given day release only 9 years into a double life sentence. Who authorised this? If it was the Parole Board then they need to be getting better advice than they have clearly received up to now.

As a society we need to get better at understanding that model behaviour in prison rarely translates into the same behaviour back in the toxic environment that created it. Having a dysfunctional childhood can create very dangerous adults, who would find it difficult, if not impossible to change their ways. It’s not like he’s returning to a loving, functioning family, who disapprove of the behaviour and can help him to become a model citizen.

Is his father still locked up?

BattleCorp

Life doesn't mean life in this country.

It's usually about 18 years I think.

Beta Ray Bill

The glaring reality here is that we need more Prisons

In particular for young offenders, Oberstown has been full for years now.
People under 18 get sentenced and then are just freed as there is no where to put them.

Life should be Life (At least 30 years)
9 years for a double murder is shocking.

Prisons require a lot of money.
But sure we'd rather spend the money on getting fibre broadband out to farmers in the middle or no where OR p***ing Billions away on a children's hospital that's not really fit for purpose.

Joke!

Fakediamond

@Squatter - I don’t know

@battlecorp - it’s closer to 20 years now and depends on circumstances surrounding the original crime and the potential for rehabilitation. Those murders were particularly brutal and the behaviour psychopathic (in my opinion).

To be clear, he only got out for 8 hours according to media reports but it’s an indication that he’s already on the path to full release, which is incredible given the brutality of the crimes.

SEPT 23 1989

BattleCorp wrote: »

Life doesn't mean life in this country.

It's usually about 18 years I think.

depends on who you murder

Boom_Bap

Some family.
David locked up for double murder.
Father locked up for Tiger Kidnapping.
Brother murdered by his best mate.

BattleCorp

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Some family.
David locked up for double murder.
Father locked up for Tiger Kidnapping.
Brother murdered by his best mate.

Ahhhh, that explains the short sentence. Underprivileged upbringing.

Squatter

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Some family.
David locked up for double murder.
Father locked up for Tiger Kidnapping.
Brother murdered by his best mate.

Mother was badly burned in a fire-bombing which, according to AGS, wasn't related to the son's crimes.

Scoundrel

BattleCorp wrote: »

Ahhhh, that explains the short sentence. Underprivileged upbringing.

He didn't get a short sentence he got 2 life sentences.

Squatter

Scoundrel wrote: »

He didn't get a short sentence he got 2 life sentences.

Concurrent, not consecutive. So a 50% discount from day one!

Fr_Dougal

Scumbag.

Hobosan

We could try setting up a space programme and allowing utterly depraved criminals to run the thing. That has been known to decrease recidivism in the past.

.Charlo

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Scumbag.

Hopefully he'll be dead soon enough. The more pond life like him that lead short lives the better.

DEFTLEFTHAND

BattleCorp wrote: »

Life doesn't mean life in this country.

It's usually about 18 years I think.

It can do, the likes of John Shaw has been in prison for 43 years.

They'll usually get parole eventually though. The average time served these days is 22 yrs. However the sentence never goes away, they're subject to a lot of restrictions and can be returned to prison for any minor offence.

political analyst

The fact that Curran was 17 at the time of the murders may have been a factor in the Parole Board's decision because that meant that the life sentence for murder was not mandatory in his case.

kowloon

grahambo wrote: »

Prisons require a lot of money.
But sure we'd rather spend the money on getting fibre broadband out to farmers in the middle or no where OR p***ing Billions away on a children's hospital that's not really fit for purpose.

Joke!

The billions go to the contractors, not the actual services. Wait until we have privately run prisons.

Edgware

.Charlo wrote: »

Hopefully he'll be dead soon enough. The more pond life like him that lead short lives the better.

And hope hes getting his hole opened every day in the showers. A dirtbag from a dirtbag family

Dick phelan

Should have got 50 or 60 years minimum. Irish justice is a joke, why is nobody doing anything about it? Like why isn't it a major political issue in elections. I feel like someone who proposed building new prisons and harsher sentences would gain traction.

dhaughton99

Redhead. Explains it all.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Life imprisonment in Ireland means 15-20 years absolute maximum and that would be in the case of someone who constantly broke prison rules etc Everyone else gets out in 14/15 years because the whole Irish justice system is a complete joke from the idiot judges who are so far detached from reality that they shouldn't really be allowed to even live in our societies let alone pass judgement in legal cases to the overcrowded revolving door prison service to the solicitors/barristers who lie/cheat and defraud the court system to make money from these scumbags. The whole thing needs to be overhauled but sure we've known that for decades and absolutely zero has been done about to date and unlikely ever to be done about it.

JohnnyFlash

Edgware wrote: »

And hope hes getting his hole opened every day in the showers. A dirtbag from a dirtbag family

Bizarre revenge fantasy. Something you ain’t telling us?

Hal3000

The regulars will be on here soon saying day release is a good thing. Let's understand why, harsh sentences are bad... Yada yada absolute horses*it...

Sundance_Kid

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Scumbag.

An ugly scumbag at that

Beechwoodspark

I’ve said it many times on boards but once more

We no longer have capital punishment in this country. Wrongly in my view but in the circumstances

Prison needs to be FAR FAR FAR HARSHER than it is

corner of hells

Fakediamond wrote: »

I am genuinely shocked that the double murderer David Curran has been given day release only 9 years into a double life sentence. Who authorised this? If it was the Parole Board then they need to be getting better advice than they have clearly received up to now.

As a society we need to get better at understanding that model behaviour in prison rarely translates into the same behaviour back in the toxic environment that created it. Having a dysfunctional childhood can create very dangerous adults, who would find it difficult, if not impossible to change their ways. It’s not like he’s returning to a loving, functioning family, who disapprove of the behaviour and can help him to become a model citizen.

Throw us up an ol' link there .

Riesen_Meal

Sunday world sitting on my table, a few more up to date pictures of this scaldy looking killer :

Beechwoodspark

Someone like him should never see outside of his cell for the rest of his life

Shackled to the wall in a hellhole of a cell until his dying day should be what prison is like for such scum

Trigger Happy

I would happily pay more tax for bigger prisons so scum like this stayed locked up for longer.

Fakediamond

corner of hells wrote: »

Throw us up an ol' link there .

I heard the victims former employer speaking about it on liveline today. He is still traumatised by the murders and their families in Poland are beyond devastated.

Bobblehats

Somethings not right here he should come out looking the way he went in not vica versa.... was obviously in his element