‘I am an honest man’, Cork man convicted of 12 shoplifting offences tells judge [205 previous convictions, including 37 for theft, 31 for being threatening and abusive and 50 for being drunk and a danger]
by badger-biscuits
‘I am an honest man’, Cork man convicted of 12 shoplifting offences tells judge [205 previous convictions, including 37 for theft, 31 for being threatening and abusive and 50 for being drunk and a danger]
by badger-biscuits
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I’ll go out on a limb here and say it sounds like he’s learned his lesson.
I assumed this was a Waterford Whispers headline at first
Ah sure, live and let live.
I am once again asking for new legislation regarding multiple convictions:
Upon your third conviction (and above) the judge loses the ability to impose a suspended sentence. A minimal custodial sentence must be applied. After 5 convictions you’d get a multiplier on the minimum sentence for any given crime. This would cause a significant change in the thinking of many petty criminals imo.
A huge amount of petty crime is commited by a tiny amount of impossible people. This would get them off the street and improve our society. As for their own rights, after three convictions you cannot say they weren’t warned.
Obviously, this would not apply retrospectively. Everyone would start from one going forward. But it would help.
God damn society making this honest man break the law at least 205 times.
Yeah stealing is very honest behaviour
Where is Judge Nolan??? Get this man a pardon!
Why do they keep doing this to innocent men?
Ah well, if he’s says he’s an honest man who am I to question him?
God forbid a man has hobbies
Has he ever once gotten away with a crime?
>However, Paul McCarthy said he refused to have anything to do with the probation service as he was not happy with previous dealings he had with that service.
More poor customer service from the Probation Service
Liam??
To be fair, he’s not accused of being a liar, so I guess he’s not wrong.
How does a man with 205 previous convictions become a judge? 🤷♂️
Pretty sure this website is hosted on a 56k modem.
Big Jamesy. Had the pleasure of living on the same street as him ten years back. He has no concept of living any other way, it’s all he knows. With the company he keeps he couldn’t even stay out of trouble if he tried. He is one of the last of a diminishing breed, lots of his crowd polydrug use but Jamesy is first and foremost a drinking man.