on browne now
yates true colours showed- he dismissed the story to talk about Jordan
I think Halvey was only convicted of drink driving and careless driving. There was no charge of âdrink driving causing deathâ as such. Drink driving causing death is supposed to carry a mandatory 5 year penalty so I assume if he was convicted of that heâd get that.
Absolute joke sentence, donât know why the DPP didnât bring the other charge. I suppose a civil action is all thatâs open to the family now.
This was always on the cards unfortunately. The DPP dropped the original charge of dangerous driving causing death last year and im not sure why it was reinstated, something to do with evidence that had emerged, but i think it was more because of both the public uproar and the young lads familys reaction of horror.
When some lad drunk to twice the legal limit drives right over a parked car in his jeep killing someone, youd wonder what further information or evidence the DPP would need or would be waiting for.
A disgrace.
Just reading the reports on this in the papers today. There doesnât seem to be any reason offered as to why he wasnât before the courts on a charge of dangerous driving causing death. Would some sort of plea bargaining have gone on in the background, where he said Iâll plead guilt for a lesser charge? Or have I been watching too many U.S. cop shows?
excuse my ignorance, but who is eddie halvey? Is he famous ? Or just some bloke whoâs well connected.
I heard a small bit on the radio this morning about it but wasnt sure of the context.I did hear mick galway went in as a character witness.
The Irish judiciary sytem needs some serious regulation when you see such a lassez faire attitude to justice. you kill someone by your own negligence and you get fuck all jail time
[quote=âjosepi73â]excuse my ignorance, but who is eddie halvey? Is he famous ? Or just some bloke whoâs well connected.
I heard a smal bit on the radio this morning about it but wasnt sure of the context.I did hear mick galway went in as a character witness.
The Irish judiciary sytem needs some serious regulation when you see such a lassez faire attitude to justice. you kill someone by your own negigence and you get fuck all jail time[/QUOTE]
He has played rugby for Munster and Ireland
Christ thatâs a shocking outcome. There should be uproar over this.
appeal to the court of criminal appeal due to lenient sentence DPP has to bring it though
The DPP didnât even want to bring the original charges forward so Iâd say there isnât much hope of that.
i realise but thats about all can be done. sirely theres a civil case in the offing?
[quote=ânorth county corncrakeâ]his sentence seems very lenient
no jail time for been drunk & crashing into a kid & killing him
seems very light
fley-whats the norm for this?[/QUOTE]
Good man NCC,shit like this should be highlighted,this Country is a disgrace when well heeled cunts like Halvey can get away with manslaughter of an innocent fella,ive been following this for a long timwe,the long and short of it was that he was locked drunk driving,had a row with his woman who got out of his jeep in the middle of nowhere while he continued on to mow into a car that was stopped in a lay-by at around 6am in the morning,thats the jist of it if memory serves correctly,a man i know from Thomastown was hauled off to jail in cuffs last Week for fiddling his tax bills,Halveys offence is a hundred times worse.
The bould Eddie likes to party tooâŚ
i think waht turned the case was the fact that the car he crashed into was parked on a bend so drunk or not he wouldnt have avoided it. but whos to know
Should I be reading between the âlinesâ there?
I believe the car was parked in the hard shoulder with the hazard lights on. Due to loose livestock ahead. But shur I suppose they should have expected a scuttered, washed-up Munster player to be driving from Limerick to Dublin on the hard shoulder. The prick went ballistic at the scene aswell. Donât you know who I am?
You have it on the nose.
THe whole case stunk from start to finish. The rugby old boys circle is still alive and well.
Its disgusting. I know one Munster player who is from a legal backround who isnât too happy about it, so i wouldnât be throwing all these guys inwith this one.
I know ya, but that is the perception it gives out.
Scandalous, but canât say I am surprised unfortunately.