Drug dealer gets just desserts or is that too harsh

CB19Kevo · 19-01-2017 03:32PM #1

Maybe just me,But i am finding it hard to have sympathy for the drug dealer killed by one of his customers while intimidating him over a drug debt.
Still think the sentence is far too lenient though,Carrying a knife says enough.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0119/846131-william-gilsenan-edward-fitzgerald/

Felix Jones is God · 19-01-2017 03:33PM

A dealer dead and a scumbag off the streets for a few years...It's not ideal, but I'll take that

Wesser · 19-01-2017 03:35PM

Mmmmm. Dessert!!! Yummy!!!!

Noveight · 19-01-2017 03:49PM

Whenever I hear of deaths related to drugs or gangs I just think live by the sword, die by the sword.

byte · 19-01-2017 03:50PM

Jesus, a somewhat excessive outcome over €100 worth of whatever type drugs.

Not a fan of dealers, but I initially thought it'd be over thousands worth of cocaine or something.

AudreyHepburn · 19-01-2017 03:50PM

I can have only so much sympathy for these people to be honest.

If you get involved with criminal gangs and drugs you have to know it can only one of two ways; jail or a body bag.

It was his decision to get involved in the end and now he's paid the price.

Dr Crayfish · 19-01-2017 03:55PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

I can have only so much sympathy for these people to be honest.

If you get involved with criminal gangs and drugs you have to know it can only one of two ways; jail or a body bag.

It was his decision to get involved in the end and now he's paid the price.

I would put the blame on our Government. Pointless prohibition. People like drugs, we need to accept that.

NIMAN · 19-01-2017 03:58PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I would put the blame on our Government. Pointless prohibition. People like drugs, we need to accept that.

Of course its the Governments fault:rolleyes:

Ever fear of personal responsibility?

You make your own decisions in life, you live by them. We don't all want drugs.

19-01-2017 03:59PM

Legalise drugs to take this **** out of criminals hands altogether

readytosnap · 19-01-2017 04:12PM

byte wrote: »

Jesus, a somewhat excessive outcome over €100 worth of whatever type drugs.

Not a fan of dealers, but I initially thought it'd be over thousands worth of cocaine or something.

I seen a fella stabbed in the heart over a tenner, 2 fellas involved, they had stolen jewellery, one sold a ring for 20 quid (got this story from the guy who ended up dead) the other wanted his half, they had a row and one of them pulled out a big knife, slashed at yer man then chased him, swung the knife at him, yer man lifts his arm to protect himself and the knife went under the arm into the heart, dropped dead in front of me and my young children (at the time), also many other children out playing saw this happen.
So many people have so little respect for life, or each other.

bigpink · 19-01-2017 04:15PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Redser(Eddie) wasn't the worst to be honest, nobody deseves that.He wasnt armed. After the initial altercation,yer man went off,got a blade and cut him up.Thats pre-meditation to me.
What the papers didn't mention was that his grandmother also died that day upon hearing about the death of her grandson. A tragic day for the family, who are well respected and not involved in crime.

Not the worst?How?

Zaph · 19-01-2017 04:17PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I would put the blame on our Government. Pointless prohibition. People like drugs, we need to accept that.

Why just our government? Drugs are illegal in pretty much every country in the world. There's clearly a reason for that.

whoopsadoodles · 19-01-2017 04:17PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

What the papers didn't mention was that his grandmother also died that day upon hearing about the death of her grandson. A tragic day for the family, who are well respected and not involved in crime.

She was buried before the grandson had been killed.

I'm not trying to make out that's any better btw. Just pointing to the facts.

Mr Fitzgerald's sister said in a victim impact statement that the family had just buried their grandmother that morning when they heard her brother had been stabbed.

Dr Crayfish · 19-01-2017 04:19PM

Zaph wrote: »

Why just our government? Drugs are illegal in pretty much every country in the world. There's clearly a reason for that.

Well as long as they are illegal there's going to be crime and murder. I think at this stage they need to try something different.

CaSCaDe711 · 19-01-2017 04:19PM

It's long overdue that our laws are changed, though after thinking/saying the exact same a few years ago I won't be holding my breath for that to happen.

Carrying a knife alone, is there not a mandatory sentence for that?

The Judges here seem to be akin to the referees in the Premier League, dishing out their own variety of punishment (if any) for identical crimes.

To leave somewhere to get a weapon, then come back to inflict injury, nothing more pre-meditated than that. Ridiculous sentences handed out in Ireland, which does nothing to curb crime :mad:

PARlance · 19-01-2017 04:21PM

bigpink wrote: »

Not the worst?How?

As in, there are probably worse people out there in the world....which is almost certainly the case.

The flying mouse · 19-01-2017 04:22PM

readytosnap wrote: »

I seen a fella stabbed in the heart over a tenner, 2 fellas involved, they had stolen jewellery, one sold a ring for 20 quid (got this story from the guy who ended up dead) the other wanted his half, they had a row and one of them pulled out a big knife, slashed at yer man then chased him, swung the knife at him, yer man lifts his arm to protect himself and the knife went under the arm into the heart, dropped dead in front of me and my young children (at the time), also many other children out playing saw this happen.
So many people have so little respect for life, or each other.

:eek::eek:

AudreyHepburn · 19-01-2017 04:22PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I would put the blame on our Government. Pointless prohibition. People like drugs, we need to accept that.

Does personal responsibility not come into anything anymore?

The government have no more to do with this man's choice than you or I.

A_Sober_Paddy · 19-01-2017 04:24PM

Play with fire and your'll get burned

bigpink · 19-01-2017 04:26PM

PARlance wrote: »

As in, there are probably worse people out there in the world....which is almost certainly the case.

Bad is bad.Doubt he was an upstanding citizen

readytosnap · 19-01-2017 04:26PM

The flying mouse wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

I knew about the stolen jewellery and the story (the victim was told) about yer man ( his partner in crime) selling the stolen ring on the sly (who knows if that was even true), that's how I found out from the guy ( yes it was several days before this incident that he told me) I am not a medium

Yawns · 19-01-2017 04:26PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Redser(Eddie) wasn't the worst to be honest, nobody deseves that.He wasnt armed.

He was a drug dealer and intimidating someone. He's a ****.

After the initial altercation,yer man went off,got a blade and cut him up.Thats pre-meditation to me.

Reports indicate that the guy had the knife on him and pulled it out. Not that he went off to get one and came back.

What the papers didn't mention was that his grandmother also died that day upon hearing about the death of her grandson. A tragic day for the family, who are well respected and not involved in crime.

Grandmother was buried that morning so would have died a few days previous. Terrible but she didn't die from learning the grandson was stabbed to death.

The rest of the family may very well have been respectable but the fella that died was a wanker and we're better off with him dead. I grew up in Tallaght and any time a wanekr drug dealer was killed, you had reports of neighbours are shocked / lovely young man / a gentleman. This was standard even if the toe rags robbed elderly and threatened anybody they felt like. The less of them the better.

Ted111 · 19-01-2017 04:28PM

readytosnap wrote: »

got this story from the guy who ended up dead

The flying mouse wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Séance.

readytosnap · 19-01-2017 04:29PM

Ted111 wrote: »

Séance.

post 21

infogiver · 19-01-2017 04:35PM

People are becoming completely desensitised to all this.
Everyone now accepts that if you choose to get involved in this criminality then you accept that you might get killed and your family will suffer in the process.
It's a shame when it happens on the doorsteps of decent law abiding people, and my condolences to his family, but there's little else to say imo.

PARlance · 19-01-2017 04:36PM

bigpink wrote: »

Bad is bad.Doubt he was an upstanding citizen

He quite clearly wasn't an upstanding citizen... however, most people can distinguish between varying degrees of "badness" though.

I won't shed a tear for him all the same.

19-01-2017 04:37PM

bigpink wrote: »

Not the worst?How?

I know/knew several drug dealers. Nice chaps if you ignore their jobs. Some now deceased, some in jail and some still about.

You can do wrong, very wrong and still be not the worst.

bucketybuck · 19-01-2017 04:37PM

If his grandmother being buried was such an important thing then why was he out dealing drugs hours later? If he wasn't too concerned about her then the court shouldn't consider it a big deal either.

infogiver · 19-01-2017 04:38PM

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Does personal responsibility not come into anything anymore?

The government have no more to do with this man's choice than you or I.

The Government are to blame for everything.
If a slate falls of the roof it's the Governments fault
Your being ridiculous suggesting that adults take responsibility for their desicions and actions.
It's someone else's fault all the time.

infogiver · 19-01-2017 04:40PM

bucketybuck wrote: »

If his grandmother being buried was such an important thing then why was he out dealing drugs hours later? If he wasn't too concerned about her then the court shouldn't consider it a big deal either.

I'd hope not
Unless it's to say that that's the level of respect he had for his family and a reflection of his true character

infogiver · 19-01-2017 04:41PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I wouldn't believe everything you read.If that were the case Eddie would have been at his grandmothers funeral and not driving around Dublin chasing a hundred quid.They died on the same day.

The sister told the Indo. She'd been buried earlier in the day. That's the respect he had for his family.

Drug dealer gets just desserts or is that too harsh

Comments