Garda - Not all above the law....

BronsonTB

Good to see not all Garda are above the law

Was a serving garda - Any sentence should have been doubled as a factor!

Good to see a prosecution, shame it wasn't alot longer.

His kids tried to protect thier mother with toys, heartbreaking, scumbag & drink/drugs should never be tolerated as an excuse.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/1018/1254470-garda-attack-sentence/

ohnonotgmail

It says he subsequently left An Garda Siochana. Surely he was fired?

murpho999

No Garda is above the law, why do you think some are?

source

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040326#Comment_118040326

More than likely quit before he could be fired. AGS is not like a normal employer, it's more akin to the military in its structure. Before they could fire him they would need to conduct an investigation and he would need to be found to be in breach of the Garda Siochana Act before they could fire him. He most likely knew that he was done and jumped ship before this could happen.

BronsonTB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040377#Comment_118040377

Because most do think they are - Getitng a presecutrion against a grada is alot lot harder than any member of the public, They know this too so when the bad ones are caught & brought to court it's good to see this - Reinstills there is some justice some of the time here..

I'm not against the Garda in general just resent every rotten apple that they do have (esp the ones that get away with wrong doing).

ahappychappy

It seems like a very light sentence for what reads as attempted murder with his kids as witnesses! That poor woman what her mind must have been going through with the kids present. Surely he should have got double due to being "a pillar of the community" or whatever cr*p will be spouted about him.

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040377#Comment_118040377

because it seems, according to victim, that he was not treated in the same way as a normal joe

The victim’s impact statement outlined the profound effect his domestic violence had on her and her children. She also believed he had been dealt with differently because he was a garda.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058213767/garda-not-all-above-the-law

so gardai should be treated differently to citizens, particularly if they break the law?

steddyeddy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040377#Comment_118040377

Because Ireland has a history of letting of highly corrupt members of its police force with a slap on the wrist. Those of us of a certain age remember Garda from Donegal trying to ruin a man's life by framing him for murder. They resigned on full pensions.

Gardai paid to have McBrearty framed, Morris hears

The Morris tribunal has heard allegations from a Garda informer from Sligo that he was paid by Donegal gardaí to make false statements and "set up" members of the extended McBrearty family.

He said he had been paid to claim Mr Mark McConnell and Mr Michael Peoples had called to his house and threatened him for being an informer, handing him a silver bullet. Mr McConell is a first cousin of Mr Frank McBrearty jnr, and Mr Peoples is related by marriage.

Mr Conlon, from Sligo, claimed Det Sgt White had pointed the two men out to him at a court sitting in Letterkenny in 1997 and asked him to "do him a turn" and "set them up". He said Det Sgt White told him the two men were the main suspects for the murder of Richie Barron.

Mr Conlon subsequently admitted to the Carty Inquiry that his allegations concerning the silver bullet were lies.

Mr Conlon also claimed he was given money to make official complaints against Mr Frank McBrearty snr's nightclub in Raphoe, Frankie's. He said he was told to drink after hours in the club in August 1997 and allow his name to be taken by gardaí who raided the bar. He was then to testify in court that he had been there.

B.A._Baracus

You have to laugh that he was "off his face" on coke while being an active Garda at the time. Like, life is just a game isn't it.

He's not the only guard who likes to sniff coke or smoke hash. I would say a good portion of the younger guards like to 'party' :p But it's funny as these are the same people who are meant to seize drugs and bring them back to the station. Let's be realistic here, said Garda in question probably stopped someone, seized his coke while saying to himself: that's me sorted for Saturday. lol.

It's all a game.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040494#Comment_118040494

yea drug addiction is just a bit of craic really!

B.A._Baracus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040430#Comment_118040430

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040503#Comment_118040503

I know you have your big stick out prodding and looking for a good ol' classic internet forum argument. You tried it with the op, now moving on to someone else. The mistake you made is that you thought people wouldn't notice.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040515#Comment_118040515

hahaha, the internets really is fcuking weird at times, you re funny!

JimmyVik

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040494#Comment_118040494

I remember buying fireworks off the local garda a few times at halloween :)

B.A._Baracus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040529#Comment_118040529

Ok.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040549#Comment_118040549

...any chance of his number

B.A._Baracus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040549#Comment_118040549

Gas! lol.

I remember playing poker in a pub 10 years ago. One of the guys looking at his phone, moaning and saying any phone you get off that guard never works. I thought it was a joke at first however then asked him and the table. It turns out Garda in question is known for selling stolen phones he seizes.

As I say all one big game.

Jequ0n

“He also suffered from acute anxiety, depression and adjustment disorder.”

now this made me laugh

Green Peter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040405#Comment_118040405

You must be joking, they have everything thrown at them as management don't want to be accused of not going after them. In fact in alot of cases they are prosecuted where civilians would never be and that's why some of the cases fail when they get to court and they get to defend themselves.

HerrKuehn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040430#Comment_118040430

"Judge Hughes said the fact that the defendant was a member of An Garda Síochána at the time was an aggravating factor."

HerrKuehn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040636#Comment_118040636

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/supreme-court/garda-commissioner-loses-appeal-over-dismissal-of-sergeant-1.2868930

Garda convicted of assault gets to keep her job. So we have a convict as a Garda sergent.

nj27

If a Gard is taking cocaine he should be clapped in irons and locked up in preeson prezon prizon prison.

zell12

2010 Three gardai fired from the force in just one month

gmisk

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/former-garda-held-over-alleged-links-to-the-hutch-mob-40911707.html

A great bunch of lads and ladies

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040615#Comment_118040615

you know yourself, if he has a class a addiction, its very likely hes has some sort of psychological issues, as described....

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040639#Comment_118040639

yes, because some involved in the legal system also have this mentality, funnily enough gardai are also humans, and we re all prone to fcuking up....

Oranage2

An Gardai Siochana with their reduced perks have attracted a lot of the wrong crowd recently. The no skills is perfect for a brainless yobs that are happy to just say yes to their Sargent

coolbeans

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040449#Comment_118040449

Totally agree. Drew Harris is the best thing that ever happened to AGS. He'll be forced out eventually but here's hoping he roots out some of the endemic corruption in this organisation. Remember Callinan calling McCabe disgusting? All the other scandals. It baffles me how they still seem to enjoy public confidence. And yes, I think Gardaí who break the law should be held to a higher standard. Why this is a controversial opinion mystifies me.

Kat1170

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040556#Comment_118040556

999

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040822#Comment_118040822

assume the extension numbers are 999# or 999c?

Kat1170

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040835#Comment_118040835

Never assume 😉

HerrKuehn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040765#Comment_118040765

He chocked his partner and threatened to kill her in front of the kids. It isn't "fcuking up" as you call it and we don't all do something like that from time to time. I would imagine the fact that he was a Garda made her even more afraid.