Granny jailed for refusing to wear a face mask

Big Gerry

Unbelievable sending a Granny to jail for refusing to wear a face mask.


https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/gran-sent-to-prison-over-refusal-to-wear-mask-40455194.html

A grandmother who “moved from defiance to openly challenge” the State by her steadfast refusal to wear a mask in shops and in court because of Covid-19 was remanded in prison for the weekend.

whisky_galore

Serves her right, stupid gowl.

Why is it important that she is grandmother? Sympathy plea?

Donald Trump

Attention seeking.

Speedline

I wonder is she still smirking in Cork Prison. I'd say the weekend will have knocked a bit of sense into her.

UDAWINNER

Deserves everything she gets especially as a lot of these restrictions were designed to protect the elderly.

Probably another naive soul that ventured a bit far down the FB Covid conspiracy hole.

Plenty went the same way. I have some sympathy for those that distinguish fact from fiction.

Big Gerry

Big Gerry wrote: »

Unbelievable sending a Granny to jail for refusing to wear a face mask.


https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/gran-sent-to-prison-over-refusal-to-wear-mask-40455194.html

I see you take the "rules are for some and not for others" approach.

questionmark?

She was jailed for Contempt of Court not for not wearing a mask.

Speedline

questionmark? wrote: »

She was jailed for Contempt of Court not for not wearing a mask.

She was jailed for contempt of court for not wearing a mask.

Donald Trump

I hope she didn't see what happened to Fran in Love/Hate when he got locked up :eek:

Big Gerry

Big Gerry wrote: »

Unbelievable sending a Granny to jail for refusing to wear a face mask.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/gran-sent-to-prison-over-refusal-to-wear-mask-40455194.html

Crimes do not have an age limit.

Sleeper12

Big Gerry wrote:

Unbelievable sending a Granny to jail for refusing to wear a face mask.

Contempt of court

My granny is still in her home.

Smee_Again

No sympathy for her, she sounds like a complete arsehole who was going out of her way to break the law.

ClosedAccountFuzzy

Do we have to add these terms like “grandmother” as if that somehow changes everything.

People like her really pee me off. The vast majority of people are doing their best to get on top of Covid and then morons like her throw it in their faces. Many of us lost family members and other loved ones during the pandemic and were not able to say goodbye or attend funerals. She deserves flogging, not jail. Sorry if that seems a bit harsh, but I’m feeling emotional after losing a dear friend. Not Covid related, thankfully, but not being able to visit her in hospital was so, so hard.

Annasopra

These are the consequences of her actions including abusing shop workers and contempt of court. Her own fault and just because she has Grandchildren doesnt mean she deserves sympathy.

Beasty

What has the fact she is a granny got to do with it? Are any of us who have grandchildren subject to more relaxed laws than everyone else?

drunkmonkey

FuzzyThinking wrote: »

Do we have to add these terms like “grandmother” as if that somehow changes everything.

Aren't we meant to be protecting granny not sticking her in a confined high risk location.
I don't know how it's come to this all she needed was a reasonable excuse, no cert or anything like that is required.

biko

questionmark? wrote: »

She was jailed for Contempt of Court not for not wearing a mask.

From article

She was found guilty of the offence of not wearing a mask in breach of the Covid-19 public health regulations.

but also

remanded in custody for three days for repeatedly refusing to wear a mask when she appeared before the court.

Smee_Again

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Aren't we meant to be protecting granny not sticking her in a confined high risk location.
I don't know how it's come to this all she needed was a reasonable excuse, no cert or anything like that is required.

She’s obviously spent too much time hanging out on similar sites to you.

ClosedAccountFuzzy

She’s a 66 year old woman. My grandmother was successfully running two businesses at that age, doing yoga and hitting the gym 3 days a week and jetting off to the canaries.

Convenient and patronising nonsense in this thread.

ted1

Big Gerry wrote: »

Unbelievable sending a Granny to jail for refusing to wear a face mask.


https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/gran-sent-to-prison-over-refusal-to-wear-mask-40455194.html

Age is no excuse.

Smee_Again

biko wrote: »

From article

Ah biko you never fully read the articles do you? She hasn’t been sentenced for that offence yet.

Margaret Buttimer (66) – who was previously described before Clonakilty District Court as “an enigma” – will be sentenced on Monday after being remanded in custody for three days for repeatedly refusing to wear a mask when she appeared before the court.

"Citizen refuses to wear a facemask in contravention of public health regulations and has been accused of contempt of court".

Fixed.

El Tarangu

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

The store manager mentioned in the article works in my shop now, one of my colleagues asked him about this and apparently she went into several shops in clonakilty pulling this no mask nonsense and verbally abusing staff.

shawki

You’re very quiet Op? Not the responses you were hoping for?

drunkmonkey

Smee_Again wrote: »

She’s obviously spent too much time hanging out on similar sites to you.

They seem to be catching about 500 pro facers a day, can't be many of us left now.

BorneTobyWilde

El Tarangu wrote: »

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

What the hell has the National Lottery to do with it .

Beasty

Deleted User wrote: »

The store manager mentioned in the article works in my shop now, one of my colleagues asked him about this and apparently she went into several shops in clonakilty pulling this no mask nonsense and verbally abusing staff.

She's not, by any chance, Gemma's granny, is she?


:pac:

rolling boh

She sounds like she is a real pain in the neck wasting police time with her stupid selfess right to not wear a mask for the protection of others who she could not care less about .She would most likely argue with the door at home just for the sake of it .

Smee_Again

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They seem to be catching about 500 pro facers a day, can't be many of us left now.

Unfortunately there’s no shortage of self centered arseholes like her.

drunkmonkey

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They seem to be catching about 500 pro facers a day, can't be many of us left now.

Yes, most of them are dead.

osarusan

drunkmonkey wrote: »

They seem to be catching about 500 pro facers a day, can't be many of us left now.

Pro facers :pac::pac::pac:

MrMusician18

No sympathy for this woman. I presume the courts will now jail everyone that is in contempt of court in relation to covid.

Unless it's a wedding marquee you're organising.

Infini

Big Gerry wrote: »

Unbelievable sending a Granny to jail for refusing to wear a face mask.


https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/gran-sent-to-prison-over-refusal-to-wear-mask-40455194.html

Not unbelievable, she behaved like a stupid vindictive idiot and cares for noone but her own bloody ego, stuck up and self righteous behaviour and she got locked up for the weekend with a conviction for her troubles. Shes 66 she should have some bloody cop on but is instead engaging in fantasy land bull.

Slattsy

Good enough for her.

ongarite

Her family sound like they want to disown her.
She sounds like she likes looking for trouble.

If it wasn't COVID mask guidelines, it would be something else IMO.

colm_mcm

That’ll soften her cough

Annasopra

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Aren't we meant to be protecting granny not sticking her in a confined high risk location.
I don't know how it's come to this all she needed was a reasonable excuse, no cert or anything like that is required.

How do you not know? The reports say she was verbally abusive

Be right back

Serves her right. I wonder did she get the vaccine?

Be right back

Be right back wrote: »

Serves her right. I wonder did she get the vaccine?

I guess you could always check your 5G coverage when near her to find out :pac:

Man Vs ManUre

If you are at that stage of life, and not bothered about future employment or foreign travels, depending on your beliefs about whether or not you are harming others by not wearing the mask, sure there is no big deal really about spending a bit of time in jail. It will probably even do your reputation good around your area for standing up against the system.

Beechwoodspark

Donald Trump wrote: »

I hope she didn't see what happened to Fran in Love/Hate when he got locked up :eek:

That would be horrific

Beechwoodspark

colm_mcm wrote: »

That’ll soften her cough

She looked absolutely terrified and shaken in the picture

I’d say she would’ve gladly worn a mask for the rest of her life if she could’ve avoided jail

biko

biko wrote: »

From article

but also

Yeah in other words contempt, it's right there in the article if you actually read it.

Beasty

Beasty wrote: »

She's not, by any chance, Gemma's granny, is she?


:pac:

Same bullsh1t alright

Contempt of court. Why did I even bother reading it?

She got what she deserves.

Man Vs ManUre

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

If you are at that stage of life, and not bothered about future employment or foreign travels, depending on your beliefs about whether or not you are harming others by not wearing the mask, sure there is no big deal really about spending a bit of time in jail. It will probably even do your reputation good around your area for standing up against the system.

Maybe with some of the loonier locals but in general, most would view her as being a public nuisance during a pandemic that has killed thousands here, millions globally.