Have you ever known a "serious" criminal?

fussyonion

I know Linda Martin and she murdered Get Lucky by Pharrell Wiliams.

Feisar

A lad that was a regular in a pub I worked in killed a man. I found out when one of the other barmen came in with a paper with the story in it.

branie2

Thankfully, none

gary550

Hangdogroad wrote: »

"More of an assasination"

Is that different from the oul murder?

eh no, both result in someone being dead

If you google the definition of assasination you will get:

"to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons"

If you google murder you will get:

"the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought"

The former more accurately describes it :rolleyes:

MarkY91

Guy in my class in primary school is in prison for killing two eastern european blokes. Was the typical kid who was always going to end up in a bad way. Thinking back, it was obvious that his life was going to be meaningless.

Irishphotodesk

MarkY91 wrote: »

Guy in my class in primary school is in prison for killing two eastern european blokes. Was the typical kid who was always going to end up in a bad way. Thinking back, it was obvious that his life was going to be meaningless.

With a screwdriver ?

Walking_Wolf

MarkY91 wrote: »

Guy in my class in primary school is in prison for killing two eastern european blokes. Was the typical kid who was always going to end up in a bad way. Thinking back, it was obvious that his life was going to be meaningless.

Was it this scumbag?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/screwdriver-killer-david-curran-granted-day-release-from-prison-where-he-serves-life-sentence-for-double-murder-38131439.html

Charles Babbage

I know a few people on the political side.
On the criminal end, my primary school bully subsequently did time for murder. He was an evil ****. However, the interesting point on the nature vs nuture debate was that he had been adopted and his adoptive parents were decent kindly people, who offered him no bad example whatsoever. In the latter part of his sentence in the big house, he used to ring people in the area to chat with people that he had been at school with, probably because he didn't know many people, and anyone who met him avoided him. He rang the father of a friend of mine looking for his classmate, the father put him off and claimed that my friend had emigrated although he had actually built a house next door.
He is out now, not sure what he did. Let's hope he doesn't read boards.

Northernlily

Walking_Wolf wrote: »

Was it this scumbag?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/screwdriver-killer-david-curran-granted-day-release-from-prison-where-he-serves-life-sentence-for-double-murder-38131439.html

Jesus remember that story so well. Absolutely horrific. That fella should never get out and seems the type that will reoffend.

For Forks Sake

Hangdogroad wrote: »

In fairness nearly every male in ther 20s and 30s in the North Of England were questioned during the Yorkshire ripper investigation.

Including Sutcliffe himself, repeatedly.

Despite the false lead, Sutcliffe was interviewed on at least two other occasions in 1979. Despite matching several forensic clues and being on the list of 300 names in connection with the £5 note, he was not strongly suspected. Sutcliffe was interviewed by police nine times in total.

MarkY91

Walking_Wolf wrote: »

Was it this scumbag?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/screwdriver-killer-david-curran-granted-day-release-from-prison-where-he-serves-life-sentence-for-double-murder-38131439.html

That's the one. I knew people would know who I'm talking about without going into too much detail.
.last I read he was released a year or two ago? Not too sure.

Lmkrnr

Loads. Grow up in any housing estate (counsel) and it's a part of life sadly. Drug dealers as neighbors, murderers as friend's (at some point growing up), old friends being on the recieving end too. 17/18 year old kids, former friends killing each other, in the heat of the moment. Two life's runied and families falling out for generation's, but living on the same block. Say what you will about people getting free house's ect but with that comes a big price.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

southill limerick?

freshpopcorn

I know of a fella who killed an older man because he abused him and others growing up.
A few people were in on it and I'm fairly sure he got away with it at the end due to lack of evidence.
I remember it being reported at the time and the man was portrayed as a saint.

Wanderer78

Lmkrnr wrote: »

Loads. Grow up in any housing estate (counsel) and it's a part of life sadly. Drug dealers as neighbors, murderers as friend's (at some point growing up), old friends being on the recieving end too. 17/18 year old kids, former friends killing each other, in the heat of the moment. Two life's runied and families falling out for generation's, but living on the same block. Say what you will about people getting free house's ect but with that comes a big price.

who truly gets a free house?

micar

MarkY91 wrote: »

Guy in my class in primary school is in prison for killing two eastern european blokes. Was the typical kid who was always going to end up in a bad way. Thinking back, it was obvious that his life was going to be meaningless.

Irishphotodesk wrote: »

With a screwdriver ?

Is that the guy with nickname schillaci?

Walking_Wolf

MarkY91 wrote: »

That's the one. I knew people would know who I'm talking about without going into too much detail.
.last I read he was released a year or two ago? Not too sure.

I think the article said he was on day release and that was nearly 2 years ago. Good grief..he stabbed both those men in the temple with a screwdriver, and it was premeditated. We're too soft on evil in this country.

Weepsie

Knew this guy growing up (same school and area) and I'm fairly sure a few football and gaa fans got ripped off by him over the years too. Always though he was an arse but didn't expect any of that

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/irish-man-jailed-for-smuggling-60-handguns-into-uk-1.4079164

freshpopcorn

Weepsie wrote: »

Knew this guy growing up (same school and area) and I'm fairly sure a few football and gaa fans got ripped off by him over the years too. Always though he was an arse but didn't expect any of that

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/irish-man-jailed-for-smuggling-60-handguns-into-uk-1.4079164

He looks geeky enough!

Wildly Boaring

Weepsie wrote: »

Knew this guy growing up (same school and area) and I'm fairly sure a few football and gaa fans got ripped off by him over the years too. Always though he was an arse but didn't expect any of that

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/irish-man-jailed-for-smuggling-60-handguns-into-uk-1.4079164

Funny enough I lived across the road from him in my very, very young days. (Over 30 years ago)
Huntstown / Mulhuddart.

So I don't know him from Adam

lab man

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Local guy, had it all, captain of Gaa team, public service employee.

Convicted of serious crime, now going to serve 7 years in jail. Only convicted this week. Nobody can understand why he did it.

Wat he do ?

thebandit2020

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Local guy, had it all, captain of Gaa team, public service employee.

Convicted of serious crime, now going to serve 7 years in jail. Only convicted this week. Nobody can understand why he did it.

Did he work in a hotel at times?

Mules

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

A close family member of mine has schizophrenia (different person to whom I posted about earlier).

It’s an awful disease for the poor sufferer, and you’d be right to have sympathy for them.

But from personal experience I would not judge this poster negatively for making such an ultimatum. There’s only so much anyone should have to put up with in the behaviour of others, and schizophrenia can blast right through that limit and keep in going (and I’m not even talking about violent behaviour here). Medication doesn’t necessarily “cure” it either, just takes the edges off some of the more extreme symptoms, but can cause behavioural issues of its own.

That said, this is a thread about knowing people who committed serious crimes, so the anecdote doesn’t really fit here. People suffering from schizophrenia are have a larger likelihood of being the victim of violent crime than those who don’t, but don’t necessarily have a higher instance of committing them.

It is a terrible illness alright.

Notdeco

Weepsie wrote: »

Knew this guy growing up (same school and area) and I'm fairly sure a few football and gaa fans got ripped off by him over the years too. Always though he was an arse but didn't expect any of that

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/irish-man-jailed-for-smuggling-60-handguns-into-uk-1.4079164

Thats the guy that was on here selling tickets for football matches, taking the money and blocking people.
Took a good few quid if I remember right.

Weepsie

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

Funny enough I lived across the road from him in my very, very young days. (Over 30 years ago)
Huntstown / Mulhuddart.

So I don't know him from Adam

We must be from the same neck of the woods so. Someone around the corner murdered their wife too in one of the bungalows, maybe 25 years ago? Twas near the bus stop. Big shock at the time.

joebloggs32

weldoninhio wrote: »

So your housemate was ill, was taking medication for it, and you had him kicked out?

Dead right we had.

Multiple convictions for violent offences.

He lied to the landlord about having started a new job and thats why he was moving to this particular town.

Walked around the house
in just his underwear while one of his housemates was a young female.

Would you be happy to live in those circumstances?

The Royal Scam

I grew up living across the road from the Penguin and his family before he was really the penguin , were a normal family for a time. Never had any burglaries where I lived as there was always either Special Branch up and down the road 40 times a day and they used to ruin our games of heads and vollies
I saw Alan Ryan drop his kids to school the morning he was murdered.
I had a cousin who was in the Westies

secman

Having grown up in Inchicore right beside Keogh Square, knew loads of scobies. Hard not to .

dd973

Seen a very famous one twice in the locality.

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I know of a fella who killed an older man because he abused him and others growing up.
A few people were in on it and I'm fairly sure he got away with it at the end due to lack of evidence.
I remember it being reported at the time and the man was portrayed as a saint.

Was this in Offaly?