Not sure how he was defending his property shooting at the criminal as he was running out the road. Legally that trial must go down as one of the all time miscarriages of justice in Ireland. Sure if Nally pulled the same stunt again he could be convicted under the new law
I wouldn’t be so sure on that considering the recent case in Louth.
He was acquitted of murder and manslaughter a couple times KIB man. He was in fear of himself and his property his mental state was questionable as he was too frightened to sleep. People seem to think this Ward character was sort of harmless or something the man had a record as long as your two arms. The fact he was a traveller was irrelevant he was tried 3 times I think but people seem to think that being traveller excused them of obeying the laws of the land.
There was one miscarriage of justice alright the first an unsound conviction
Has Nally any convictions before or since?
I think some have the view that because Ward was a criminal and a traveller criminal at that, the laws of the land didnt apply.
Sounds about right
He was tried by a jury of his peers that’s the system, its not flawless but its the system.
The biggest mistake nally made was unloading the second two barrels into him.
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I would have thought his biggest mistake was not killing him with the first shot. Either way, the man is an inspiration to all right minded people.
Perhaps mbb, but reloading the and firing into him negated any provocation there may have been due to the lack of immediacy of the response…
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The fact that he was a travller had fuck all to do with it if he was just some scum bag there would have been very little more about it
Nally, Nally, Nally, Nally Nally, Nally
everything nally did was completely justified until he re loaded and stepped on to the road. after that he was committing murder in my view.
But not the view of the court of the land thankfully.
Was there any mention of the son at all, the lad who drove off as soon as he heard the shot, leaving his father after him?
I thought Martin Ward made the sensible point in the whole programme when he suggested the case highlighted the problem of social isolation. The suggestion that Frog Ward’s family were “not that type of family at all” though was laughable. A litany of stabbing, robbery, and assault charges shows that they were exactly ‘that’ kind of family.
I was at the creamery yesterday and the fine condition of Nally’s calves was the talk of the place. He seems to be a fantastic stockman.
You dont properly understand murder, it implies planning and pre-meditation.
How could Nally have planned that Ward would turn up to rob him on that night…oh wait…
Nally done what he did and when he did it it was done.
When it was done, he reloaded and shot him again. Then it was done. :guns:
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