The Kerry Babies Case

[Matlock]

If ireland wasn’t repressed then maybe, just maybe Anne Lovett wouldn’t have had to give birth alone and subsequently die.

I think that's fairly obvious. What has that to do with investigating the father of her child though?

 

[Matlock]

Well her being underage was a crime in itself presumably. Any number of crimes could have been perpertrated in addition.

Straightforward rape, for example. Child abuse. Are you sure all that was investigated?

Yes, her being underage constituted a crime, but what public good would have been served by charging her boyfriend with statutory rape here?

There was no evidence of rape, and without any evidence or a complaint from the victim, it would be hard to see how rape could be investigated.

Likewise with child abuse. Where would the evidence for an investigation come from?

 

[jeepers]

God almighty.

I know

 

[jimmym]

Didnt that cop Carroll claim Joanne Hayes had twins with two different men the father of each baby?

 

[Matlock]

Didnt that cop Carroll claim Joanne Hayes had twins with two different men the father of each baby?

Yup, it is a real ( but exceptionally rare phenomenon), called superfundication maybe?

Grasping at straws though!

 

[jeepers]

Yup, it is a real ( but exceptionally rare phenomenon), called superfundication maybe?

Grasping at straws though!

Yeah, the mental hoops they had to jump through to try to pin it on her would make you wonder what was really underlying their actions.

 

[The Banker]

I think that's fairly obvious. What has that to do with investigating the father of her child though?

That was not what I meant.

They had a tribunal to establish the facts of how a woman could admit to being the mother of a murdered baby on a beach despite it being scientifically impossible (wrong blood group) and then that tribunal strayed from its remit and concentrated on her morals rather than the workings of the heavy gang..
but a 15 year old can die, her baby can die in childbirth and the state can just shrug its shoulders and say ‘nothing to see here’.

Drumming out sin was more important than people’s lives.

 

[Matlock]

That was not what I meant.

They had a tribunal to establish the facts of how a woman could admit to being the mother of a murdered baby on a beach despite it being scientifically impossible (wrong blood group) and then that tribunal strayed from its remit and concentrated on her morals rather than the workings of the heavy gang..
but a 15 year old can die, her baby can die in childbirth and the state can just shrug its shoulders and say ‘nothing to see here’.

Drumming out sin was more important than people’s lives.

You rowed in on a post that was about the father though.

Apart from that, I'm unsure as to why you are addressing this to me tbh

 

[The Banker]

You rowed in on a post that was about the father though.

Apart from that, I'm unsure as to why you are addressing this to me tbh

To be honest my original post might have been badly written..

But if at all possible I would be appreciative if you put me on ignore as I think we just rub each other up the wrong way. I’ll do the same with you

 

[daftbrush]

Yes, her being underage constituted a crime, but what public good would have been served by charging her boyfriend with statutory rape here?

There was no evidence of rape, and without any evidence or a complaint from the victim, it would be hard to see how rape could be investigated.

Likewise with child abuse. Where would the evidence for an investigation come from?

It would be best to charge him to ensure that an under age child is not defiled