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Those were by the the same Judge. However, the Judge had no say in this one, it was a Jury.

Apparently he had resigned himself a couple of months ago amongst close friends and family that he'd be spending around 3 months in prison. That he got off with not even being convicted of any wrongdoing is laughable but unsurprising. 

vote no.1 the labour party!!

 

I'm afraid this country's 'rule of law' is a sad joke, and this has only been further evidenced by the outcome to this trail. Seems all too easy for those convicted of severe white collar crime to slime away via one avenue or another. Surely if this trial took place in somewhere like the States, under US law, these three absolute chancers would be looking at some serious jail time.

 

Let's just keep our fingers crossed that Seanie Fitz doesn't pay some minor fine or other - he should be hunted down like a dog then.

 

As you say the issue with the loans to IN is still in the pipeline, but I think it's safe to say that I, and I would imagine many others, are not expecting a different result. This trial has received global coverage and yet again we have made ourselves into an absolute laughing stock. As another poster has pointed out also once again it'll be left to Mr. Taxpayer to foot the bill for this show trial. Between all this garbage and the incumbent government's current policies it's amazing there aren't even more people emigrating imo.

 

Sentencing on the 28th.

The Government and the Judiciary are completely seperate.

In fairness it is like. The Judges often give less than 10 years for Drugs just to let the government know who's in charge.

I'm pretty sure he is a very smart man and while most likely well aware of what was happening it was not possible to prove it.

Hopefully there is enough evidence to convict in the forthcoming trial re the Nationwide loans.

If the judge has any balls he'll impose maximum sentences as they contested the charges, and leave it to an appeal court to decide if the sentence is too heavy.

This is the question I keep asking. Is there any reason why he isn't being sought for extradition?

 

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If you come from a certain background in this country, you're untouchable. 

Presumably in other countries the appropriate state agents would be brought to justice but unfortunately this is Ireland, where the buck stops nowhere. A true banana republic.

Hundreds of people six foot in the ground by suicide and families financially & emotionally destroyed by the fiscal reductions required in government budgeting to get us out of financial lunacy and We haven't learned a fcukin thing. The same cnunts are in charge of the fun-house folks.

After finding these two shysters guilty of giving illegal loans to 10 developers to buy shares in their own bank, (presumably with the hope of codding other investors as to the banks prospects), the Judge Martin Nolan said yesterday, and I quote from source; 

 

So true. If you know the 'right' people and are high enough up the elite chain you have absolutely zero responsibility to worry about. Sure look at the John Tierney lad - made an absolute balls of the Poolbeg incinerator - cost the taxpayer 100 odd million or whatever it was, then just walks right into the next cushy little number as head of Irish Water. Patrick Neary - the regulator who happily approved these illegal loans - simply just stands down and retains his pension. No criminal charges brought his way, despite the fact the Judge hung him out to dry in an effort to save the skin of these two absolute dzopes.

 

Apart from the odiousness of it all, what sort of message does it send out to the youth of the country? "Out ya go lads - f*ck over as many people as ya can on the way up - and don't worry if ya mess up at all 'cos they'll be absolutely no repercussions!" To say this country has gone to the dogs would be a severe understatement.

 

On a side note, I received an 80 Euro fine this morning for doing 61 in a 50 zone (in a non-built up area). Those two Anglo gangsters got a suspended jail sentence and no fine. In effect, I therefore received a sterner financial punishment for my crime. Sweet, sweet justice - Irish style!

Another proud day for Ireland.........

 

"Shoes off for the Anglo Boys"........

 

Sure they only did it in the national interest.

Cha-ching for the legal firms 

Any more of this carry on and we might become a properly functioning country, it's just not on. 

Seanie Fitz should be in there with him

6 years is what I was expecting him to get

Typical shennanigans of the courts. 

Het-field wrote: Why are people always harping on about the garlic case?

Because it has left a bad taste in peoples mouths

Especially when it was reduced on appeal.

It was €5m of tax evasion, ffs. That is very serious and, for an individual, a very high amount of tax to evade. I know there are cases where companies evade more but the garlic case was one of the highest ever in the state.

Was it not closer to 2m evaded?

He ended up doing two years instead of 6 and paid all the sum due afaik.

Not sure what people thought Drumm would get sentenced, they were hardly going to give him life sentence. 

What perspective though?

As SD has said, the detail is very important in the garlic case. This was not about the reclassification, but the effect of it, which was a massive hole in the pockets of the public purse. It was a far more serious case than just about the reclassification of the item.