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Youth who threw rabbit in river

  • 04-12-2012 01:33PM
    #1
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,458 ✭✭✭Dartz


    Sent up the River

    Really scummy thing to do.... just yank a mans rabbit off him then throw it in the river. Nice to see a fair bit of justice done.

    Seriously. Why the **** would anyone do that?


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  • #2
    qwert2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭qwert2


    Scum. Sub human scum


  • #3
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    yes it was a shítty thing to do but i find it hard to be overjoyed at this sentence when you see child abusers getting suspended sentences


  • #4
    Mr. Manager
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,139 ✭✭✭✭Mr. Manager


    I remember hearing about this at the time.

    Wish someone had have thrown that cúnt in the river after the rabbit.

    What a heartless thing to do to a man who is already suffering enough as it is.


  • #5
    RikkFlair
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭RikkFlair


    Hopefully when his 4 months are up he'll go on the lash and fall into the river.


  • #6
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    World needs more of this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg


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  • #7
    joydivision
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 735 ✭✭✭joydivision


    Did the rabbit die ?


  • #8
    TheFisherKing
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 69 ✭✭TheFisherKing


    Dartz wrote: »
    Really scummy thing to do.... just yank a mans rabbit off then throw it in the river. Nice to see a fair bit of justice done.

    Seriously. Why the **** would anyone do that?

    I know, not like rabbits don't get enough action.


  • #9
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    joydivision wrote: »
    Did the rabbit die ?
    Yes, unfortunately he did :(
    Outside the court, Mr Byrne, who has been living on the streets for 23 years, said he was in shock when he saw his pet swimming around in circles, looking up at him.

    "I wasn't going to leave him there," he said. "I had to get him, I had to jump in to get him.

    "Barney died in my arms. I got him under the bridge and gave him the kiss of life."

    Within days he was given a Compassionate Citizen Award for going above and beyond the call of duty to help an animal in need.

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/youth-sentenced-to-four-months-in-jail-for-throwing-homeless-mans-pet-rabbit-into-liffey-3315976.html


    Edit: I was just listening to the RTE 1 Radio news a few minutes ago and they interviewed Mr. Byrne who confirmed that Barney, his rabbit is alive and well :) It looks like the Indo got it wrong in their news report.


  • #10
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    Wait, so did the rabbit actually die or what?


  • #11
    Caveman1
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    A 4 month sentence for a youth seems fair, but the fella who done it is 20, hardly a youth so should of got more time.


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  • #12
    zefer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭zefer


    seven_eleven wrote: »
    Wait, so did the rabbit actually die or what?

    Yep.. Your man got it from the water but it died in his arms according to the article


  • #13
    old hippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,441 ✭✭✭old hippy


    Disgusting. As is hunting and other forms of animal cruelty.


  • #14
    TheFisherKing
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 69 ✭✭TheFisherKing


    Loads of them have rabbits now. Walking accross Ha'penny bridge is like going to the fcuking zoo these days.


  • #15
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    strange thing is if he had of thrown the homeless dude in the liffey his sentence would have probably been suspened :rolleyes:


  • #16
    phonypony
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    About time people started getting prison sentences for animal cruelty in this country


  • #17
    Death and Taxes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭Death and Taxes


    phonypony wrote: »
    About time people started getting prison sentences for animal cruelty in this country

    Yea like we all know how successful prison has been at defeating criminal behaviour throgh the ages....duh!


  • #18
    old hippy
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    i think the perp should be glazed with honey and left with a hundred ferocious rabbits who have been starved for 48 hrs. That'll learn him to mess with rabbi.


  • #19
    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,370 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    davet82 wrote: »
    yes it was a shítty thing to do but i find it hard to be overjoyed at this sentence when you see child abusers getting suspended sentences

    Yes, but lets not fail to be happy with a half decent sentence, based on the fact other sentences are far too short.


  • #20
    Red Pepper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭Red Pepper


    What's a "yute"?


  • #21
    Grayson Freezing Volleyball
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Grayson Freezing Volleyball


    zefer wrote: »
    Yep.. Your man got it from the water but it died in his arms according to the article

    And then he gave it "the kiss of life" so it survived


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  • #22
    ericl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭ericl


    seven_eleven wrote: »
    Wait, so did the rabbit actually die or what?

    The Rabbit is not dead, i seen them a few weeks ago on Henry street.


  • #23
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    What a scummer, can't imagine what I would do if I was walking my dog and someone decided to fling him in a river, maybe **** him in then go get the dog..


  • #24
    ericl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭ericl


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNh7_eBvI6Y


  • #25
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    old hippy wrote: »
    i think the perp should be glazed with honey and left with a hundred ferocious rabbits who have been starved for 48 hrs. That'll learn him to mess with rabbi.

    .......and he was popular, too

    Anyways, that little fùcker is the scum of the earth to do that to an animal. I have a rabbit myself and I'd utterly lose the rag if something happened to it.


  • #26
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    OSI wrote: »
    Of course, it's not like living on the street without adequate food or shelter is animal cruelty or anything. Both of them should be in jail.

    Its a rabbit, you think rabbits naturally live inside?


  • #27
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    OSI wrote: »
    Of course, it's not like living on the street without adequate food or shelter is animal cruelty or anything. Both of them should be in jail.

    Disagree, the rabbit looks more healthy and happy than it's owner. The second guy is in jail for attempting to kill the rabbit and take away what little happiness that homeless man has. Sad man in my eyes, hope he is barred from holding any animal in the future to.


  • #28
    Tranceypoo
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    zefer wrote: »
    Yep.. Your man got it from the water but it died in his arms according to the article

    I'm just sitting here watching the RTE 1 o'clock news and the fella was being interviewed, was asked how the rabbit is and he said 'alive and kicking'!!


  • #29
    AudreyHepburn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,673 ✭✭✭AudreyHepburn


    For once the courts get it right :)

    I can't understand the mentality of those who treat the less fortunate in our society as objects of ridicule.

    Those animals are/were all that poor man has in the world and for that young thug to do what he did is just horrendous.

    I suppose it's indicitive of the type of society we live in though...we are all so obessessed with our own problems and so stuck with this -oh-woe-is-us attitude we ignore or laugh at those less fortunate or become cynical about them.


  • #30
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Tranceypoo wrote: »
    I'm just sitting here watching the RTE 1 o'clock news and the fella was being interviewed, was asked how the rabbit is and he said 'alive and kicking'!!

    I'm guessing the rabbit "died" but he brought it back with the kiss of life when he retrieved it, according to him.


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  • #31
    granturismo
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    Youth who threw rabbit in river

    The Indo stated he was a 20 year old.

    The same article stated "Barney died in my arms. I got him under the bridge and gave him the kiss of life."

    And we have this:
    Tranceypoo wrote: »
    I'm just sitting here watching the RTE 1 o'clock news and the fella was being interviewed, was asked how the rabbit is and he said 'alive and kicking'!!

    Can the indo rag ever get anything right.


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