Ex-garda faces up to 10 years in jail

[Paudie's long leg]

I don't like to delight in anyones misery. This fellow is in a dark place now. If it's a gambling problem he has which looks likely he can overcome this if he really and truly wants to. He broke the law and he must pay. He's probably a sound enough fellow but his brain was addled with money. If he ever does do time which I personally doubt tbh, he'l come out the far side a better and wiser individual.

 

[gozzy]

I don't like to delight in anyones misery. This fellow is in a dark place now. If it's a gambling problem he has which looks likely he can overcome this if he really and truly wants to. He broke the law and he must pay. He's probably a sound enough fellow but his brain was addled with money. If he ever does do time which I personally doubt tbh, he'l come out the far side a better and wiser individual.

I think his colleagues pity him more than hate him at this stage.

I don't think he had a gambling problem but he sure as shit has a personal responsibility problem.

He betrayed the trust of practically everyone around him, including his family, and this stage of the process (the sentancing) is just another phase in his punishment.

I think he will get jail. You simply cannot rob a frail old lady of her savings and expect a judge to pity you because you've already been through the mill.

He won't get ten years and he obviously won't be sent into the genpop of Mountjoy, but he will be put away for a while.

And as for coming out the other end a better man? Maybe, but no less troubled.

 

[Paudie's long leg]

Well if he's not a gambler then I have zero sympathy for him.

 

[Pontipine]

This type of line is always thrown around. It's bollox.

Not by me it ain't..

The Judge has ordered that this guy get a Physciatric evaluation done.There is obviously some reason for that.

 

[HouseHaven]

He must have been in the same recruit class as that genius Boersma.

 

[eire_sai]

thats the basic nature of the job you have to be a good person ...

In my experience about 20% are far from decent...

 

[farel']

i worked with him... he stole money from me... im very conflicted ... and to be honest quite hypocritical... if i didnt know him id say let him rot in hell he deserves prison .. but he's still my buddy ... i dont want anything bad to happen to him.. for fucks sake were gardai were above this shit as we have to be, thats the basic nature of the job you have to be a good person ...

Same happened when I was in, a classmate stole from others in the class(not me, I never have a cent), but was ejected the day before we got attested. Vanished off the face of the earth then.
Fact is some slip through the net. The dude in Carrigaline is another sad story. It should not have been let get this far. Somewhere along the way someone was covering for him.

 

[farel']

He must have been in the same recruit class as that genius Boersma.

Thats a fairly asshole thing to say.

 

[HouseHaven]

Thats a fairly asshole thing to say.

We are defined by the choices we make. We all have choices to make, some choose very poorly.

 

[Gaudizeit]

a letter had arrived looking for payment for his wedding rings. She said if he didn’t repay it he would lose his wife so he left without replacing the cash

Jesus, the repossesion guys are really hitting you where it hurts these days.