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What's Malcolm MacArthur doing now?

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  • #52
    manatoo
    Registered Users Posts: 381 ✭✭manatoo


    Edgware wrote: »
    The "district attorney"?
    Why didn't he put it before the Grand Jury. That guy shoulda got the chair

    Apologies, DPP.

    On point though. Cheers for the contribution


  • #53
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    manatoo wrote: »
    Apologies, DPP.

    On point though. Cheers for the contribution
    No bother. The guys down in the 15th Precinth like to have these things done right


  • #54
    Hangdogroad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,271 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    RTE documentary series Scannel did a programme on this case a few years ago which included a snippet of a radio interview with Macarthurs mother. The apple didn't fall too far from the tree I think. She came across like a thundering entitled wagon.


  • #55
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Hangdogroad wrote: »
    RTE documentary series Scannel did a programme on this case a few years ago which included a snippet of a radio interview with Macarthurs mother. The apple didn't fall too far from the tree I think. She came across like a thundering entitled wagon.

    I’d love to hear that. Must get a-googling.


  • #56
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,512 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    After the trial, it was reported that a notebook of his was found with plans and drawings to electrocute an elderly female relative by connecting a doorknob to the mains, presumably for the inheritance he expected from her.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #57
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    FrancieBrady wrote: »
    Only for the murder of a Guard. That got changed in the 80's too I think.


    As an aside, John Banville's 'Book of Evidence' is based on the case. Terrific read, if a bit sombre.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Evidence
    Never knew this happened until I went looking for this page. :eek:

    He attended a book launch and signing by Alan Shatter a few years ago in Hodges Figgis too, alongside several FG ministers and legal bigwigs. I think he's very brazen. It always chills me to see him walking around town.


  • #58
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,444 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    manatoo wrote: »
    The family of Donal Dunne requested that no trial take place didn't they?

    I could be wrong on that but a few years ago when he was about to be released there was uproar about how that murder had gone unprosecuted and I seem to remember a family member publicly stating that it was at their request in order to stop the public pointing the finger at the district attorney and minister for justice. Open to correction though

    My recollection was that the Dunne family was outraged as it implied that their loss of a family member was insignificant. This thread has prompted me to google; the result is this excellent July 1983 article from Magill.

    https://magill.ie/archive/justice-behind-closed-doors-malcom-macarthur-case


  • #59
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    The case was also an episode of Thou Shalt not Kill, the TV series on infamous murders in Ireland.


  • #60
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,263 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    branie2 wrote:
    The case was also an episode of Thou Shalt not Kill, the TV series on infamous murders in Ireland.


    I think that was where I saw the programme. But I thought it was called Ireland's most brutal murders on TV3 or something like that. It was quite good.


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  • #61
    Uncle Charlie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 200 ✭✭Uncle Charlie


    He's probably hanging out with Larry Murphy.

    That would be a great idea for a reality sitcom "Malcolm and Larry":pac:


  • #62
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    He released 'Can't Touch This' on GUBU Records circa 2012. Not a peep outta him since.


  • #63
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,478 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    Uncle Charlie wrote: »
    He's probably hanging out with Larry Murphy.

    That would be a great idea for a reality sitcom "Malcolm and Larry":pac:




    i dont know would a sitcom about serial killers be much of a laugh to be honest.


  • #64
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    i dont know would a sitcom about serial killers be much of a laugh to be honest.

    Be funnier than most of these new politically correct sitcoms Netflix bring out.


  • #65
    Uncle Charlie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 200 ✭✭Uncle Charlie


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    i dont know would a sitcom about serial killers be much of a laugh to be honest.




    I don't know about Larry but Malcolm seems to be some what of a funny character.


  • #66
    dd973
    Registered Users Posts: 625 ✭✭✭dd973


    Like the way the thread title makes him sound like a musician or an ex-footballer.


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  • #67
    Uncle Charlie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 200 ✭✭Uncle Charlie


    He looks like Sean Fitzpatrick's twin brother.



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