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Woman charged with shop lifting. Man charged with driving with no insurance.

  • 29-11-2013 06:25PM
    #1
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭


    Reports on mediocre crimes in the newspaper.

    Is it all just a bit vindictive, a bit gutter press, a bit nosey.

    For very serious crimes where the public might need to know who the psycho is, fair enough, but for petty stuff that was a moment of madness or drunkenness or stupidity do we need it.

    They're going to pay their fine or do their community service for 48 hours or whatever for stealing some small item. Thats their punishment.

    So why be a bastard and have all the local curtain-twitchers whispering with petty smugness about the teenager who got caught with a quarter ounce or some oul'one who was driving without a full licence.

    poll on d whey

    Could be you one day - all it takes is a joking drunken grab of a waitresses arse, a drunken dire need of a piss at an inconvenient time, no change for the train and an appointment, a spliff at the wrong time etc etc,

    Should the papers do court reports on minor crimes 116 votes

    Yes, Betty and biddy and me live for gossip about pointless stuff, its all we have.
    0% 0 votes
    Yes.
    19% 23 votes
    Not really bothered, thinking difficult me.
    35% 41 votes
    No.
    10% 12 votes
    No,like peace and love to all mankind, it was only like an ounce and stuff....maaann
    29% 34 votes
    Hey Beavis he said poll.
    5% 6 votes


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Comments

  • #2
    Mr. Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭Mr. Tom


    Well, as the old saying goes, if you do the crime, a stitch in nine.


  • #3
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Are you worried people will find out you are a bush wanker?


  • #4
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    Name and shame. Deterrent.

    Most cases get reported on.


  • #5
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    They're worth reporting IMO. Shop lifting is scummy and so is driving without insurance.


  • #6
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Column inches.


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  • #7
    D1stant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭D1stant


    I had the impression from the thread that she was caught shoplifting while he was driving the car with no insurance


  • #8
    Fussgangerzone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭Fussgangerzone


    I think it's an editorial decision, don't think there's anything wrong about it, once it's in the right context.
    Districts courts in local papers, and so on.

    I enjoy reading them, because they can be hilarious.


  • #9
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    D1stant wrote: »
    I had the impression from the thread that she was caught shoplifting while he was driving the car with no insurance

    Will edit later, promise.


  • #10
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    There was a story in the Carlow Nationalist a few years ago about a woman being caught stealing a Romantica ice cream from a shop. Shocking stuff.


  • #11
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    How else will you know whose children have gone off the rails if it's not reported that one of them was found with 3.50 worth of cannabis resin? Hah? Answer me that schmart boy!


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  • #12
    Fussgangerzone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭Fussgangerzone


    There was a gas one in the Galway Advertiser, something along the lines of: "Quantity of cannabis found hidden inside video box"


  • #13
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    chop their bollocks off


  • #14
    Yellow121
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Yellow121


    I drive without insurance all the time, I'm doing nobody harm. I don't see what's wrong with it.


  • #15
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Yellow121 wrote: »
    I drive without insurance all the time, I'm doing nobody harm. I don't see what's wrong with it.

    Of course you don't. :rolleyes:

    Maybe ask your 'spies and informants' why it's not something that's allowed. Perhaps they'll know.


  • #16
    Yellow121
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Yellow121


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Of course you don't. :rolleyes:

    Maybe ask your 'spies and informants' why it's not something that's allowed. Perhaps they'll know.

    You've been bumbed up my list, you've been warned!


  • #17
    poundapunnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭poundapunnet


    Well I don't really care, but they can be comedy gold. Either the weird level of detail that's put in or the crime itself. Vaguely remember reading one about a man driving without insurance who abandoned the car and legged it from the gards, then in court claimed that he'd been a passenger and his friend was driving. Judge asked him who was this friend and he said oh you wouldn't know him, he lives in Australia now.


  • #18
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Yellow121 wrote: »
    You've been bumbed up my list, you've been warned!

    Bummed up your list?

    Not to worry, I've been bummed up in far worse places than that!


  • #19
    Yellow121
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Yellow121


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Bummed up your list?

    Not to worry, I've been bummed up in far worse places than that!

    I know. My spies enter all sorts of places!


  • #20
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    There was a story in the Carlow Nationalist a few years ago about a woman being caught stealing a Romantica ice cream from a shop. Shocking stuff.

    Most shocking thing about that is that she stole romantica and not vienetta!


  • #21
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    In fairness, papers need something to fill the 5 pages that aren't ads


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  • #22
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    SV wrote: »
    Most shocking thing about that is that she stole romantica and not vienetta!

    The bitch !!


  • #23
    rainbowdrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,294 ✭✭✭rainbowdrop


    I was in the Limerick Leader before for no tax.

    Could'nt give a fcuk to be honest, I was'nt one bit embarrassed, but my parents were mortified on my behalf; went on like I'd been done for having sex with a goat or something!


  • #24
    cletus van damme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 960 ✭✭✭cletus van damme


    i love the local court pages , you get some mad stories.


  • #25
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,187 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    If you don't use Facebook it can be useful for seeing what all your old friends have been getting up to.


  • #26
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,798 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    I'm glad they do, and that they print the outcomes of the cases. It's handy to have evidence to quote when someone is arguing that the judicial system in Ireland never does ridiculous things, like jailing someone for three months for not paying their TV license fines while letting mr knife-wielding iPhone thief with 45 previous convictions and a heroin habit off with a suspended sentence ;)


  • #27
    wicklowstevo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 919 ✭✭✭wicklowstevo


    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    Reports on mediocre crimes in the newspaper.

    Is it all just a bit vindictive, a bit gutter press, a bit nosey.

    For very serious crimes where the public might need to know who the psycho is, fair enough, but for petty stuff that was a moment of madness or drunkenness or stupidity do we need it.

    They're going to pay their fine or do their community service for 48 hours or whatever for stealing some small item. Thats their punishment.

    So why be a bastard and have all the local curtain-twitchers whispering with petty smugness about the teenager who got caught with a quarter ounce or some oul'one who was driving without a full licence.

    poll on d whey

    Could be you one day - all it takes is a joking drunken grab of a waitresses arse, a drunken dire need of a piss at an inconvenient time, no change for the train and an appointment, a spliff at the wrong time etc etc,




    your not a very nice person are you ? you either yellow

    Originally Posted by Yellow121 viewpost.gif
    I drive without insurance all the time, I'm doing nobody harm. I don't see what's wrong with it.


  • #28
    end of the road
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,007 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    BillyMitchel wrote: »
    Name and shame. Deterrent.
    wrong, it doesn't work

    I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.



  • #29
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    end of the road wrote: »
    wrong, it doesn't work

    Says you. It may work for a lot of people.


  • #30
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    end of the road wrote: »
    wrong, it doesn't work

    I have to agree. Skangers don't give a fluck and the idea of 'shame' would take tens years of explaining


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  • #31
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    The echo here in Dublin is great,lots of gossipy stories about the locals There death & acknowledgement pages are pretty good to.


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