22 Year old arrested after burglary when homeowner defended himself with a golf club.

Cantona's Collars · 05-02-2013 09:17AM #1

Can't find a link as I just heard it on the news.

A 22 year old was arrested after attempting to rob a house belonging to a man in his 50's in the Glencar area of Donegal.

The homeowner defended himself with a golf club & managed to detain the burglar until Gardai arrived.The burglar was brought to hospital & arrested upon his discharge.

Fair play to the homeowner & afaik this is the first case that has come to public attention of a would be thief getting a hiding after entering someones property since the new laws were introduced.

the_pits · 05-02-2013 09:19AM

Link http://www.donegaldaily.com/2013/02/04/man-injured-during-burglary-was-out-on-bail-after-vicious-attack/

Sunnyisland · 05-02-2013 09:20AM

We should all join Golf clubs to learn how to defend ourselves...

tallus · 05-02-2013 09:22AM

The home owner deserves a commendation. Fcuking scumbags think they can get away with anything. Pity he didn't maim the bastard.

galwayrush · 05-02-2013 09:22AM

Glad the home owner is ok.:cool:

smash · 05-02-2013 09:24AM

Golfers 1 - Scumbags 0

galwayrush · 05-02-2013 09:24AM

smash wrote: »

Golfers 1 - Scumbags 0

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

Cookie_Monster · 05-02-2013 09:27AM

see if we had proper gun laws he could've shot the bastard and not damaged a perfectly good golf club

bbam · 05-02-2013 09:28AM

Just got a pick axe handle yesterday. Beside the bed now, just added a wrist strap.
Have to say for €8 its a mighty handy thing, I'd say it would dish out justice very well.

Wibbs · 05-02-2013 09:32AM

galwayrush wrote: »

Glad the home owner is ok.:cool:

Ditto. As your scum rarely travel alone he could have been set upon himself.

Yep fair play I reckon. You cross someone's threshold with intent you deserve what you get IMH. No doubt the media bed wetters will be out in force to condemn the owner, and across the divide the rabid calling for birching of the scum. My worry is how this stuff could escalate and how innocent people might end up injured or dead.

GTDolanator · 05-02-2013 09:56AM

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Kichote · 05-02-2013 10:00AM

GTDolanator wrote: »

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Glencar is a notoriously scummy aree. Wasnt some lad murdered there last year?

Soups123 · 05-02-2013 10:03AM

What Iron was it?

Plazaman · 05-02-2013 10:03AM

Hopefully it was a 7 iron, you get a better contact area for batein someone with that than with any other club.

KungPao · 05-02-2013 10:22AM

I hope he went for a punch shot rather than a flop.

Wibbs · 05-02-2013 10:22AM

GTDolanator wrote: »

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Lots of isolated homes, close to the border so some can hop across making it harder to catch them. A lot of the border counties have this problem, but it's a rising problem for all of rural Ireland.

Biggins · 05-02-2013 10:22AM

galwayrush wrote: »

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

It would have been awarded a bigger handicap?

Reckless Abandonment · 05-02-2013 10:25AM

Garda " how many times did you hit him johnny?? Looks to be a lot"
Homeowner " put me down for 4"....

anncoates · 05-02-2013 10:28AM

I've nothing to offer except mention of The PC Brigade and passionate descriptions of violent scenarios.

Please thank my post wildly.

xzanti · 05-02-2013 10:32AM

Yup ya bhoya !!!! I hope he bet 7 colors of sh1t out of the little hoor...

As someone who was broken into 4 days before Christmas this year.. I love to see these vermin get what's coming to them.

I just hope the homeowner doesn't face any repercussions from the scummer's chronies now.

conorhal · 05-02-2013 10:35AM

GTDolanator wrote: »

Why do these keep cropping up in donegal?

Because there's no longer any point in calling the police, I hear they have to come up from Dublin on the bus these days to attend a call, and only during the hours of 9-5 due to the overtime ban....

thomasm · 05-02-2013 10:41AM

Usual stuff from the paper as well, the scumbag was on bail following vicious attack in the town previously. Whats the betting he is out on bail again after this

Banjo String · 05-02-2013 10:43AM

Was half expecting the details to say it was the homeowner that got arrested.

That's how much faith I now have in our justice system.

Fair way play to the homeowner.

Duggy747 · 05-02-2013 10:46AM

That poor guy he beat up. He was just trying to make a living as he was obviously on hard times, no need to batter him with a golf club.

Oh wait, he broke into his property to steal and violate the owner's living space? Dirty scummer deserved it :pac:

Pherekydes · 05-02-2013 10:48AM

galwayrush wrote: »

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

The guy broke into his house, not his golf club. :pac:

xzanti wrote: »

As someone who was broken into 4 days before Christmas this year.. I love to see these vermin get what's coming to them.

Christmas hasn't happened yet! :pac:

the_syco · 05-02-2013 10:51AM

thomasm wrote: »

Usual stuff from the paper as well, the scumbag was on bail following vicious attack in the town previously. Whats the betting he is out on bail again after this

May someone play the 18 holes with his head... :pac:

Cienciano · 05-02-2013 10:53AM

"The man, who is in his early 20s and known to Gardai"

Love that phrase, the nice way the newspapers can call him a scumbag

Oink · 05-02-2013 10:56AM

galwayrush wrote: »

Yeah, but it's possible the golf club was damaged.:mad:

Can he ask for compensation I wonder? Scummer broke in and caused his club to sustain damage after all.

Seans_Username · 05-02-2013 02:56PM

Kichote wrote: »

Glencar is a notoriously scummy aree.

OK well I'm from Glencar so please don't refer to it as 'scummy'. And while it has a few bad estates, it isn't the dodgiest place in Letterkenny. I lived in a quiet wee estate where there was never any bother, and we lived right beside what would be considered a 'scummy' area.

On topic, golfing isn't really popular in the area (the golf course is on the other side of town basically) so I'd say this burglar picked the wrong man to fúck with. Fair play to the man for sorting out the burglar

Dj Grimreefer · 05-02-2013 03:06PM

Hid the home owner "fore" warn him before teeing off on that beating

jmayo · 05-02-2013 03:10PM

I wonder would Nike be interested in sponsorship if the club was one of theirs ?

22 Year old arrested after burglary when homeowner defended himself with a golf club.

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