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Guess what the fine is in Ireland for sending Anthrax in the post is!

  • 07-11-2001 3:07pm
    #1
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭


    As admitted by the Taoiseach today...

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    The legislation concerning the sending of 'noxious or dangerous materials' in the post is over 100 years old...

    The legal fine for sending Anthrax in the post?

    TEN QUID

    --

    bloody hell.


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    LOL, time for some legislation changes methinks......Although that guy caught in Arklow got a couple of years didn't he?


  • #3
    Bob the Unlucky Octopus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭Bob the Unlucky Octopus


    I'm guessing that fine's aimed at po' students who couldn't afford it anyway, and have enough time on their hands to attempt such a muppetous act- shocking though.


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,610 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Wicklow man convicted of anthrax hoax

    http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/1026/breaking38.htm

    I wonder if the Courts Act says anything (it updates fines without having to renew an entire act).

    But you could get 5-10 years for other related offenses.


  • #5
    Magwitch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 589 ✭✭✭Magwitch


    I did here that a chap in the west of Ireland got 7 years for an Anthrax hoax.


  • #6
    Chaos-Engine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭Chaos-Engine


    Surly Anthrax mailers would be charged under "Offenses Against the State" and not breaking mailing laws


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