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Convicted Sex Beast continues to drive Taxi

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  • 12-12-2016 3:10pm
    #1
    Old Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 299 ✭✭


    Only in Ireland would a Convicted Sex Beast be allowed to drive a Taxi.


    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/taxi-driver-is-back-behind-wheel-one-day-after-sex-assault-conviction-35286514.html

    A Dublin taxi driver was back behind the wheel of his cab less than a day after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a female passenger.

    Augustin Ion (49) was pictured inside his black Mercedes - taxi signage still intact - within 24 hours of a jury convicting him of sexual assault on a young woman he was dropping home from a pub.

    Ion was convicted of groping the woman's breasts and holding her head back against the car seat outside her home.
    It is understood that Ion was released on a bail condition that he could no longer drive a cab.

    Christy Humphries of the National Private Hire and Taxi Association, said that taxi signage along the side of Ion's vehicle meant that he remains legally licensed to pick up passengers, despite the bail conditions.


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    PatPierces
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 24 ✭PatPierces


    Why is he still in the country? Should be in jail, but the second best option is to deport!


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    Old Bill
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 299 ✭✭Old Bill


    PatPierces wrote: »
    Why is he still in the country? Should be in jail, but the second best option is to deport!


    You can't deport him because that would be seen as "racist"


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    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Old Bill wrote: »
    Only in Ireland would a Convicted Sex Beast be allowed to drive a Taxi.

    And you know that how?


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    beertons
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    PatPierces wrote: »
    Why is he still in the country? Should be in jail, but the second best option is to deport!

    I'd be thinking of calling an exterminator.


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    mahoganygas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭mahoganygas


    What's a sex Beast?


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    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,607 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Not true - no need to be so insular. That happens in every country in the world. Taxi drivers are notorious.


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    The Backwards Man
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    The decal on the door means fcuk all legally, either the Indo is misquoting or Humphreys is an idiot.

    Actually, it's probably both.


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    DrumSteve
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    Old Bill wrote: »
    You can't deport him because that would be seen as "racist"

    Where does it say he is not Irish?


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    ScumLord
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    If the court agreed he wasn't allowed to drive a taxi he's probably broken the terms of his bail and will be back in jail.


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    #11
    PatPierces
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 24 ✭PatPierces


    He is Romanian.


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    #12
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,208 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Political correctness gone mad

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    PatPierces wrote: »
    He is Romanian.

    Where does it say that?


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    seamus
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    What did the Indo want? For the Gardai to follow him around until he was back in court for sentencing?

    Like most gutter journalists they write outraged columns about people breaking the law rather than, you know, reporting the law breaking to the Gardai.

    But there's no outrage in that.


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    Grayson
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    Someone should report this to the Old Bill.


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    osarusan
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    Down the page the Indo says
    However, there was nothing to indicate Ion was operating his vehicle as a taxi when he was being photographed.

    What a total fucking rag.


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    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,099 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    seamus wrote: »
    What did the Indo want? For the Gardai to follow him around until he was back in court for sentencing?

    Like most gutter journalists they write outraged columns about people breaking the law rather than, you know, reporting the law breaking to the Gardai.

    But there's no outrage in that.
    Indeed.
    Independent.ie wrote:
    However, there was nothing to indicate Ion was operating his vehicle as a taxi when he was being photographed.

    I note that the roof Taxi sign is off the car, maybe he just didn't get the vinyl decals off in time for the Indo investigative photographers.


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    The court should have insisted he have his taxi decommissioned and proof of this given to the court.


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    There's no plate on the roof of the car in the photo.


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    #20
    Harry Palmr
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    OP working for the Sunday World by any chance?


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    #21
    osarusan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,560 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    There's no plate on the roof of the car in the photo.


    "Try and zoom in so they won't see the plate is gone."


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    Skylinehead
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    Mod: Newsdump closed. Or a troll thread. Or whatever, take your pick.


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