Hit and run Cyclist death - Kerry.

CB19Kevo · 28-04-2015 01:15PM #1

Most people probably have heard about the recent conviction of Shane Fitzgerald after knocking down a cyclist whilst drink driving,leaving the scene without calling any help,destroying evidence and flying initially to the UK and then to Aus where he made many friends any enjoyed a good social life while all the time the family were calling for someone to come forward.
He then when extradited continued to fight the case and got a measly 5 years for it all.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/paud-olearys-widow-to-kill-a-man-and-then-get-on-a-plane-and-look-after-yourself-its-cowardly-behaviour-31177623.html

http://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/13240/18192/28th_April_2015_-_The_Pat_Kenny_Show_Part_1/

Not good to read if you have high blood pressure.
Sickening to look at his facebook and comments saying there will be a pint waiting for him when his out and the time will fly,God lads he must be great craic:mad:

Question here is could you stand over a friend in a case like that,I dont think i could,Everyone makes mistakes but i could not be around a person who prolongs the suffering of a decnet family like this.

The Burgerbar · 28-04-2015 01:18PM

That piece of dirt will be walking the streets again in three years time and is bound to take another life if he keeps up his drinking and driving.

If there was any real justice the people who helped him escape first should also be doing time.

dodderangler · 28-04-2015 01:25PM

5 years??
Minus 3 for good behaviour. He'll be out in 2 and it's the justice system in this country which is at fault for it.
He should've gotten 2 for drink driving alone and then murder which is what is was considering he never owned up to it and destroyed evidence and left the country.
Fcukin wànker.

Triangla · 28-04-2015 01:26PM

Why he was not given the maximum sentence is beyond me.

He should have had the book thrown at him and had every other charge possible added to the charges such as perverting the course of justice, tampering with a crimescene (disposing of the car). etc

How anyone can stand by someone who did what he did and fled like he did is beyond me. An example of the lowest form of life there.

28-04-2015 01:27PM

What an self centred coward.

The justice system is a mess too. Someone that does something like this should be getting a much, much harsher sentence.

qwerty1991 · 28-04-2015 01:33PM

An accident can happen to anyone.... this man however was under the influence of alcohol which is so selfish and disrespectful to other road users. He left that poor man to die and then moves away and lives a normal fun and carefree life?!

I think the fact he showed such disrespect and cowardice by moving to Australia and thinking he could get away with it warrants a much tougher sentence. Imagine how that poor victim's family felt when they discovered the driver had been living it up in a different jurisdiction while they lived with the loss of their son? Scum.

c_man · 28-04-2015 01:35PM

Scumbag. And to those who'll be along, "He'll have to live with it for the rest of his life" he will in his bollox. His actions show he clearly doesn't give a fuk, nor does our justice system tbh.

crockholm · 28-04-2015 01:35PM

You can stand by your friends when they do wrong-but I couldn't stand by a friend who acted so cowardly,illegally and showed so Little remorse for the man he killed or his family-why on Earth would I want anything to do with such a lowlife-he disgusts me.

28-04-2015 01:35PM

dodderangler wrote: »

He should've gotten 2 for drink driving alone and then murder which is what is was...

I don't think he was charged with drink driving. In fairness to the Gardai that would be very difficult without a sample.

One doesn't want to accuse his family of any wrongdoing in the legal sense. But there are a lot of rumours and hard questions about them here in Kerry.

RollieFingers · 28-04-2015 01:36PM

Little ratbag, I hope he has a truly **** life for the rest of his days

28-04-2015 01:53PM

c_man wrote: »

Scumbag. And to those who'll be along, "He'll have to live with it for the rest of his life" he will in his bollox. His actions show he clearly doesn't give a fuk, nor does our justice system tbh.

Nope. In fact judging by his facebook he had great craic altogether in Australia after leaving that poor chap to die.

Lemming · 28-04-2015 01:59PM

One lives in hope that one day, karma will catch up with this "fine upstanding" gentleman and he is left to die slowly in a gutter/ditch/sewer/car-wreck. Couldn't happen to a more deserving trogolodite.

Streetwalker · 28-04-2015 02:01PM

They should have charged him with non payment of a fine instead he would have served longer. 5 years is laughable.

Summer wind · 28-04-2015 02:07PM

I think it's terrible first of all for the poor man to have been killed in such an awful way but my god imagine the pain his family went through when they discovered his body and found out how long he was left there dead on that roadside. You would not do it to a dog. The law in this country is far too lenient.

Warper · 28-04-2015 02:09PM

dodderangler wrote: »

5 years??
Minus 3 for good behaviour. He'll be out in 2 and it's the justice system in this country which is at fault for it.
He should've gotten 2 for drink driving alone and then murder which is what is was considering he never owned up to it and destroyed evidence and left the country.
Fcukin wànker.

2 years in jail for drink driving is excessive to say the least, 2 year ban fair enough but 2 yrs in prison forget about it

twowheelsonly · 28-04-2015 02:14PM

Having met this fine individual I have to say that he's one of the most arrogant self centred pieces of sht that I've ever encountered.
He's definitely up there with the likes of Lillis as a despicable cowardly individual.
Supposedly the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, he had to have gotten the attitude from somewhere..
Most criminals/junkies/drunk drivers etc will hold their hands when caught or will hand themselves in - a self centred coward like this will run away.
Shame on any of his family and friends as well that helped him. They're as bad and should also face justice.

El Weirdo · 28-04-2015 02:18PM

dodderangler wrote: »

5 years??
Minus 3 for good behaviour. He'll be out in 2 and it's the justice system in this country which is at fault for it.

Either you have no clue about remission in this country or you're shite at maths.

Which is it?

Lollipops23 · 28-04-2015 02:24PM

1) He was drunk 2) He fled the scene 3) He intended to stay gone and showed zero remorse.

That's tantamount to manslaughter. A couple of years is nothing- that man's children lost their dad, his wife lost her husband and clearly the driver didn't care. Scumbag.

seamus · 28-04-2015 02:28PM

crockholm wrote: »

You can stand by your friends when they do wrong-but I couldn't stand by a friend who acted so cowardly,illegally and showed so Little remorse for the man he killed or his family-why on Earth would I want anything to do with such a lowlife-he disgusts me.

To be fair, it seems like plenty of his friends didn't stand by him and were happy to let Gardai know just how drunk he'd been on the night and where he'd been drinking.

I'd say his family have told absolutely no-one what they've done with the land rover, so aside from shunning him and assisting Gardai about that night, there's not much else any friends could do.

topper75 · 28-04-2015 03:23PM

Good to have a picture and name. Credit to Indo.
Duly noted.

Lollipops23 · 28-04-2015 03:26PM

This is probably the wrong this to focus on, but I couldn't help note that he went to court in jeans. WTF? He couldn't even try to look respectable and less like a scumbag? Screams arrogant SOB to me.

Vandango · 28-04-2015 03:30PM

c_man wrote: »

Scumbag. And to those who'll be along, "He'll have to live with it for the rest of his life" he will in his bollox. His actions show he clearly doesn't give a fuk, nor does our justice system tbh.

Amen.

rob180 · 28-04-2015 03:35PM

God forbid, if any of my kids ever came home, told me they might have hurt/killed someone and left the scene without contacting the authority. I would drag the fecker to the guards and have him/her owned up to what they did. Well, that what decent people would do, says alot about his family really.
One more thing, can he return to Australia when he's released? Do the criminal record he has now affect his visa application?

BattleCorp · 28-04-2015 03:38PM

He won't be living it up in Australia any more. I doubt that they'd make him welcome seeing as they don't welcome convicts anymore.

He won't be going to the US either as his conviction will stop him going there too.

Anybody can have an accident but showing no remorse leads me to believe that he's beyond redemption.

I'd feel sh1te if I hit a dog.

whiskeyman · 28-04-2015 03:40PM

The justice system is an ass.

There is no justice for families like this. It nearly mocks their bereavement and loss.

Neyite · 28-04-2015 03:42PM

seamus wrote: »

I'd say his family have told absolutely no-one what they've done with the land rover, so aside from shunning him and assisting Gardai about that night, there's not much else any friends could do.

What's the story with the land rover?

Duiske · 28-04-2015 03:44PM

Been thinking about the story alot, and just can't get my head around how someone could knock a person down and then just drive away without even checking on them. Reading between the lines of the case it appears that the poor guy would almost certainly have been killed instantly from the impact, but the driver of the jeep would not have known that. I mean, not even to call the emergency services and say there might be an injured person at the scene ? Most normal thinking people would stop to see if they could help a dog they had struck with their car. Should be a minimum 20yr sentence for hit and run which causes death or serious injury, then add the drink-driving, etc, on top of that.

MintyMagnum · 28-04-2015 03:47PM

Read last week that his family would've donated his organs for transplant but he wasn't found for eight hours, so it wasn't possible. Think it would've given them some comfort. Very sad.

28-04-2015 03:50PM

Would I stand by a friend who made a massive mistake and who was living through hell as a result? Absofcukinglutely.

Would I stand by someone who left the scene of their accident and didn't own up to it immediately, who put another family, not only through massive loss by their actions, but hell for a long time after? Absolutely fcuking not.

28-04-2015 03:51PM

Duiske wrote: »

Reading between the lines of the case it appears that the poor guy would almost certainly have been killed instantly from the impact, but the driver of the jeep would not have known that.

Sadly, again the rumours around Kerry is that he certainly did not die there and then, and that in fact had the person stopped and contacted the emergency services he may be alive now.

I can't say that that's a medical assessment or that it was asserted in the case itself, or might have come from someone involved - it may have been, it may not, but that's what many are saying.

seamus · 28-04-2015 03:51PM

Neyite wrote: »

What's the story with the land rover?

It hasn't been recovered, largely believed that it's been buried somewhere by whoever was helping him flee.

He did claim that he sold it in the UK to get himself to Australia, which given that he boarded a ferry the next day is plausible, but I imagine the Gardai would have thoroughly explored that.

If he'd driven a grey land cruiser with the front right wing smashed to bits from Kerry to Dublin port, he would have been spotted.

Hit and run Cyclist death - Kerry.

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