Stiffler2 wrote: » Dundon v's Gilligan - who will win the streets back ?
Ikky Poo2 wrote: » If he got twenty years it 2001, why is he due out now? I'm assuming, having gotten further convitions for threatingt guards and possession of a mobile. good beahviou has gone out the window?
Stiffler2 wrote: » Who are his rivals,
SEPT 23 1989 wrote: » Bananaman
davet82 wrote: » ah bollix, if i had of known, i would have put me money on him
Stiffler2 wrote: » John Gilligan gets 6 more months on his sentance for having a mobile phone ! Quote: Convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has been given a further six-month prison sentence by the Special Criminal Court after he pleaded guilty to possession of a mobile phone at Portlaoise District Court in 2010. Gilligan was due for release from prison in April next year but today the court handed him a consecutive six month sentence. Gilligan, 59, whose address was given as "care of Portlaoise Prison", pleaded guilty to possession of a "mobile telecommunications device" whilst in lawful custody at Portlaoise District Court on 30 March, 2010. The native of Ballyfermot, Dublin was cleared in 2001 of the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in June 1996. However, he was convicted by the Special Criminal Court in March 2001 of 11 offences of unlawfully importing cannabis resin into the State on various dates between 1 July, 1994 and 6 October, 1996, and unlawful possession of cannabis resin for sale or supply on the same dates. Gilligan was originally sentenced to 28 years in prison for the drugs offences, but this was reduced to 20 years on appeal. He was also convicted in June 2002 of threatening to kill two prison officers in March 2001 and was given a two year prison sentence to run consecutively after the 20 years sentence. In March last year he was also given an eight month prison sentence at Portlaoise District Court for having a Nokia mobile phone in his cell at Portlaoise Prison on 30 July, 2008. Detective Garda Pat Scully told the court that during his trial at Portlaoise District Court in 2010 Gilligan, who was defending himself, was seen by gardai rooting in a shopping bag which contained his legal documents. He was seen to detach something from underneath the bench and to drop it in the bag. When Gilligan was searched by prison staff a mobile phone was retrieved from the shopping bag. He was interviewed by gardaí about the mobile phone and he told them that he believed that when he was in court, the Prisons Act did not apply and he had not broken the law. He told gardaí that he intended to use the phone to contact his solicitor and then he was going to break it up. Detective Garda Scully said that the earliest date for Gilligan's release from prison is April 2013. Cross examined by Gilligan's counsel, Mr John Peart SC, Det Gda Scully agreed that John Gilligan had already been dealt with by the prison governor for having the mobile phone in court and had been given 60 days in the segregation unit with loss of privileges. Mr Peart told the court that Gilligan has spent many years in prison and while in prison four members of his family have died. Mr Justice Paul Butler, presiding, said that the court had no experience of dealing with the offence but the Oireachtas has fixed a maximum of five years imprisonment for the charge. He said that the court took the view that any sanction imposed must mean something to the accused to discourage others from committing the same offence and in the circumstances the court sentenced him to six months imprisonment to start from the conclusion of his current sentence ================================================ Wow - a judge actually handed out a sentance to a criminal for having a mobile phone in the jail cell - I am truly shocked. I would expect this kind of thing in the US but here ?? Hopefully this is a sign that things are changing - justice wise ( but we all know they won't ) Other thoughts - Gilligan will be back on the street in early 2013. Who are his rivals, Dundon ? Dundon v's Gilligan - who will win the streets back ?
stupidusername wrote: » WTF, when was he actually convicted? shouldn't it be 22 years and 6 months from that day? (minus time spent in custody before trial)
longshanks wrote: » How is he getting out in 2013 when the earliest he should be released is 2021, according to the report in the op?
Liamario wrote: » Convicted of having a mobile phone in prison. Don't doubt for a second that the prison wardens were well aware he had a phone and had seen him use it as well. And they did nothing.
johnners2981 wrote: » http://www.rte.ie/news/2001/0315/gilligan.html So out of a 28 year sentence he serves 11 years and gets another 6 months for being naughty. What is the point in these sentences when they are never carried out.
Run_to_da_hills wrote: » They are usually handed a sentense and will get anything up to 30% off if they are good. Gives them a more incentive not to act the maggot inside.
blackwhite wrote: » Surely it should be a case of serve the sentence in full, and have additional time added on if you don't behave. Or would that make too much sense to be implemented here?
Run_to_da_hills wrote: » He will be in for a big shock when he gets out and sees the state of the economy. More than likely he will end up in a single bedroom flat on the dole. Who would give him a job and would he be legally allowed set up his own business again? If he dose he would be watched like a hawk.
realies wrote: » Wouldn't think he be hanging about here at all, Sure he will head over to his pub and apartments in Spain, His pub is called the Judges chambers :rolleyes:
Biggins wrote: » Can he travel as soon as he gets out? Would he be allowed a passport so soon? Would he not be on 'probation' as such for a while? ...And might this restrict his travel abilities? Would Spain allow him to travel there now knowing his recent past and convictions? Questions I don't know the answer to myself so would be interested to hear what the eventual outlook might be when he does get out!
realies wrote: » As far as I know biggins and I am asuming that as Spain is in the EU and he has served his sentence he is free to go anywhere in Europe he likes, like larry murphy did.
Ikky Poo2 wrote: » Depends on the terms of his realease, he may well still be subject to a period of probation.
Run_to_da_hills wrote: » Murphy didn't seem to get any period of probation and was not long getting on the boat.
saywhatyousee wrote: » His original sentence was extremely harsh as well 28 years from importing hash:eek:
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