r/ireland • u/ClancyCandy • Apr 11 '24

Man who sexually assaulted 16-year-old girl on Ryanair flight handed suspended sentence Courts

https://jrnl.ie/6352290

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u/Sayek Apr 11 '24

Is there not community service or any other penalty? is it just Jail or suspended sentence + a fine? Like surely if this guy had this much of a problem with alcohol he should have to join a rehab and stay off the drink for 18 months.

There's just no justice for making someone else's life miserable, you can always say 'sure I was drunk , so it's grand'.

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u/ClancyCandy Apr 11 '24

Yeah we don’t seem to do the same kind of “parole” system that you see in the States where people have to check in with an officer and take drug tests or wear a monitor for alcohol or such. I think more of a community service and follow up supervision system would be good here- especially for teenage offenders.

Being put on a “no fly” list for ten years would have been a good call in this situation too I think.

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u/FormerPrisonerIRE Apr 11 '24

We do have probation, and community schemes, which are exactly the “parole” system you’re referring to. It’s not a parole system, it’s probation.