Road Rager gets 12 years

davet82 · 23-04-2012 03:54PM #1

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0423/man-sentenced-to-12-years-for-manslaughter.html

Karl Donohue gets 12 years for killing that drunk driver with a hurley in that road rage incident.

Too strong a sentence maybe?

SunnyDub1 · 23-04-2012 03:57PM

He killed someone, drunk,sober, drugged, it doesn't matter two wrongs don't make a right.

he should of got more then 12 years imo.
He will be out after 9 or less... It's a joke

FatherLen · 23-04-2012 03:57PM

its harsh when you consider what some of the scumbags get away with.

Minstrel27 · 23-04-2012 03:59PM

davet82 wrote: »

Too strong a sentence maybe?

Not enough

jack presley · 23-04-2012 04:02PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

He killed someone, drunk,sober, drugged, it doesn't matter two wrongs don't make a right.

he should of got more then 12 years imo.
He will be out after 9 or less... It's a joke

Yeah, last 2 years suspended. Take remission into it and he'll be out in no time

Ellis Dee · 23-04-2012 04:03PM

davet82 wrote: »

Karl Donohue gets 12 years for killing that drunk driver with a hurley in that road rage incident.

Too strong a sentence maybe?

I just read about it. It does seem a bit strong all right, even if the final two years were suspended.:)

Let's see what happens in the Court of Criminal Appeal.:cool:

That English driver paid a very high price for his own detestable behaviour. He was prepared to drive a vehicle after at least ten pints, when he must have been stepping-on-his-dick drunk, and behaved very aggressively towards another motorist who had a small child in his car with him. That showed that his judgement was seriously impaired and he was undeniably a major danger on the road. The outcome of his boorish behaviour could easily have been very different and some one else other than himself or Mr. Donoghue could have been killed. He would have deserved a spell in the hoosegow for his own actions, but did not deserve to die in the tragic way that he did.

Raging_Ninja · 23-04-2012 04:05PM

FatherLen wrote: »

its harsh when you consider what some of the scumbags get away with.

He was on bail for arson, and had three or four other fairly serious convictions. He is a scumbag.

FatherLen · 23-04-2012 04:08PM

Raging_Ninja wrote: »

He was on bail for arson, and had three or four other fairly serious convictions. He is a scumbag.

oh right. was not aware of that.

the groutch · 23-04-2012 04:26PM

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

He killed someone, drunk,sober, drugged, it doesn't matter two wrongs don't make a right.

he should of got more then 12 years imo.
He will be out after 9 or less... It's a joke

if you're a Garda you get away with a fine :mad:

jam_mac_jam · 23-04-2012 04:29PM

He beat somebody to death in front of his own child so no 12 years is not too strong. Guy is an animal

Gee Bag · 23-04-2012 04:29PM

I reckon the sentence is just about right taking into account his previous form and the level of provocation from the victim.

Though I wouldn't have been surprised had he got less.

Carter P Fly · 23-04-2012 04:43PM

He beat a guy to death in front of his kid and has a string of previous serious crime convictions. This is a good example for the death penalty thread.

mikeym · 23-04-2012 04:52PM

You cant take the law into your own hands!!!!

Mickey Dazzler · 23-04-2012 04:55PM

That will get knocked down to 8 on appeal and he will be out in 4-5 years. FACT.

Show Time · 23-04-2012 04:56PM

Two very unlikeable fellows it seems.

A shame one of them did so much harm to the other.

No winners here.

RichT · 23-04-2012 05:02PM

davet82 wrote: »

Road Rager gets 12 years

He got 12 years for manslaughter, not 12 years for road rage which your sensationalist thread title implies.

ASOT · 23-04-2012 05:02PM

He should have nocked him down in an un roadworthy car, would have only got a fine.

Gbear · 23-04-2012 05:07PM

Manslaughter my arse. In this country you have to have a signed and dated statement detailing how you're going to kill someone for it to be murder.

"Woopsie doodle. I accidentally beat you to death - aren't I reckless"

lividduck · 23-04-2012 06:09PM

davet82 wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0423/man-sentenced-to-12-years-for-manslaughter.html

Karl Donohue gets 12 years for killing that drunk driver with a hurley in that road rage incident.

Too strong a sentence maybe?

Nowhere near strong enough bearing in mind what he did, what he said to the Gardai afterwards, and his previous record of violence.

JONJO THE MISER · 23-04-2012 06:13PM

Just watching this on the news now, we will see how far the Leinester rugby jersey he was wearing today will get him Prison, scumbag will get everything that he deserves in there.

Paparazzo · 23-04-2012 06:13PM

lividduck wrote: »

Nowhere near strong enough bearing in mind what he did, what he said to the Gardai afterwards, and his previous record of violence.

What did he say?

Please Kill Me · 23-04-2012 06:14PM

Yes, the sentence was too harsh. He was defending himself and his young child. I would have done the same.

My name is URL · 23-04-2012 06:16PM

Paparazzo wrote: »

What did he say?

He told the Gardai that he hoped the victim died, and that he wouldn't regret it if he did.

Then, when he did die, the accused changed his mind and decided to take it all back.

From what I've read about the case, yer man sounds like a total scrote.

Please Kill Me wrote: »

Yes, the sentence was too harsh. He was defending himself and his young child. I would have done the same.

Well then you'd be in the same position, and your kid would be without a father for 10 years. Not the cleverest of things to do really, is it?

And bear in mind that this guy was on bail for an arson charge at the time of the incident.. I guess he was just doing his best for his kid when he torched somebody elses property too.

Phoenix Park · 23-04-2012 06:16PM

Yes, if i had to bet on it i'd say he will do about four and a half years, maybe five max.

Uriel. · 23-04-2012 06:17PM

The best outcome would have been that they killed each other and his kid getting fostered to a more responsible and positive influenced family to be raised

schemingbohemia · 23-04-2012 06:17PM

Please Kill Me wrote: »

Yes, the sentence was too harsh. He was defending himself and his young child. I would have done the same.

Interesting user name for someone with the attitude that it's perfectly okay to batter someone about the head when they're not posing any threat to you and to be tell the Garda afterwards that the victim deserved what he got and he hoped he died?

lividduck · 23-04-2012 06:21PM

Paparazzo wrote: »

What did he say?

He told the Gardai he gave the victim"what he deserved" and that "i hope he fuc**ng dies"
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/road-rage-killer-karl-donohoe-gets-12-year-jail-sentence-3088960.html

Dan Chipowski · 23-04-2012 06:25PM

As said above, there's no winners here.

The sentence is about right. As for the victim,I've got no sympathy for someone who gets behind the wheel after 10 pints. He left himself open to such an occurrence even if he didn't deserve his fate. If he'd ploughed into a car and killed 3 or 4 people he'd probably have got less jail time.

Larbre34 · 23-04-2012 06:27PM

Youre driving along with kids in the car. You pull away a bit casually from a junction, some punter doesnt care for your driving style and lets you know it. Not only that he keeps it up and tails you eventually cutting you off and forcing you to stop. You face off, you realised he's pissed and gets abusive. Now a number of things could develop from here....

Can you say honestly you'd take his ****e and walk away? Can you be sure your own fear pride and temper might not possibly end you up in serious bother? I can't.

Some of the righteous indignation here makes me want to spit

rubberdiddies · 23-04-2012 06:31PM

davet82 wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0423/man-sentenced-to-12-years-for-manslaughter.html

Karl Donohue gets 12 years for killing that drunk driver with a hurley in that road rage incident.

Too strong a sentence maybe?

too lenient.
He had previous convictions.

I wish we had the 3 strikes rule here.
If we did, it's likely he would have been in prison and that man may still be alive.

Gee Bag · 23-04-2012 06:44PM

Lollers wrote: »

A bit off topic here.

But does anyone else feel there is more road rage/aggressive
driving going on ?. People seem more (understandably) pent up since the country was put into receivership, and are taking this aggression out on the roads.

I think its the opposite, because of the downturn there are less vehicles on the road (especially early in the morning time) and much better roads than there were five-ten years ago. No more five-mile tail backs behind tractors on the drive between Cork-Dublin, Galway-Cork etc.

Road Rager gets 12 years

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