A Jack Russell Terrier (top) and ‘Judge of the Day’ Hall of Famer Martin Nolan
One witness saw Liam Dowling (44) swing the Jack Russell dog overhead by its lead and smash it to the ground up to 30 times as he crossed a park area by Clonliffe College.
Garda Shane Mengessidis said that Dowling was also seen putting his foot on the dog’s head while it was on the ground and pulling the lead tight.
However.
Judge Martin Nolan commented that “by any standard what happened to this poor dog was incredibly cruel”, but noted that Dowling had been on prescription drugs at the time.
He further noted that Dowling cares for a child and is a “contributing member of society”.
Good times.
Man avoids jail after violently killing dog in public park (Irish Times)
Previously: Martin Nolan on broadsheet
Sure, well he hasn’t killed the child yet so he’s probably ok
Judge Martin Nolan is consistently one of the worst judges in this country he lets real scumbags walk free with suspended sentences to endanger more people.
He must be book-smart to have ended up as a judge. But by any other metric, he seems like a complete and utter f***wit.
He used to be a Garda Sergeant before undertaking a career at the bar. I was always surprised he didn’t tend towards the “hang and flog” end of the judicial spectrum.
Sounds like an upstanding member of society alright. Should he be still on ‘prescription drugs’?.
Also, I think we’re gonna need another Bingo square..
Should people on prescription drugs be allowed to own dogs – is surely the pertinent question.
What like Diabetics or people with Asthma?
That is the implication.
Do we know what he was prescribed?
I think we should know.
And that’s just the judge boom! Boom!
A another great of example of how Judges don’t live in the really world.
Says it all really..
“He said he would not impose a ban on Dowling keeping animals, as he didn’t want to deprive the man’s child of having a dog.”
The child had a dog, and the pr*ck viciously killed it by smashing it’s defenceless head and body against the ground up to 30 times
F*ck sake, he is still owned allow a f*cking dog!!?!
He shouldn’t be allowed keep custody of his kids after this, nevermind another f*cking dog.
EXACTLY – this is actually terrifying
I make a point of checking the known side effects of prescription drugs for “impulse to engage in acts of cruelty toward animals”.
Is this the same Judge Martin Nolan who sent the guy importing garlic to jail and also let the sex offender go free with a fine?
Can anyone spare €15,000 so I can sexually offend this guy?
Its the same Martin Nolan, BS reported that he was moved out of sight of the public to the Family Courts back in 2013 after the attempted rape ruling where he let yer man off with paying a fine. Obviously he served his penance there and is now back making his daft rulings in public again. Another one of his was letting a civil servant caught with 8,000 child porn images away with a suspended sentence.
“He said he would not impose a ban on Dowling keeping animals, as he didn’t want to deprive the man’s child of having a dog.”
wait
what?
At least he wasn’t pleasuring himself in a sexual manner on a plane.
To be fair, the man will probably deprive the kid of a dog sooner or later anyway
Before everyone gets on their high horse have a look at this
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/circuit-court/dublin-man-jailed-for-nine-years-for-sexual-abuse-of-sister-1.2063160
So?
So, the worst worker in any job will occasionally do something their meant to.
Does he do one good judgement for every sh**e one?
So the judge does his job in the ‘linked’ case but doesn’t in the original piece… What argument are you making?
This fella should be banned from ever having pets, having social services scrutinise his care of the child, including not being
the carer of said child while on prescription drugs. He’s only a f*cking animal.
He needs to get more then one case right, he has let rapists that have attacked randomers on the street with a fine.
wait wait wati .. everyone saying the judge did his job in the linked case .. he didnt. he said maximum sentence for raping your own sister 100s of times was 10 years on our weird island, but he only gave him 9 years.
We have maximum prison sentences in this country? Wha t?? The max you can get for rape is ten years? 16 counts he was found guilty of, why not give him ten years per count! And then the Judge gives him 9. And of course in Ireland you automatically gets 25% off your sentence, so the max would actually be 6 years and 9 months. The offender will probably get out earlier than that anyway.
I give up
The charge in that case wasn’t rape. Rape is tried in the Central Criminal Court, a branch of the High Court, and the maximum sentence is life imprisonment.
:( Backstard.
Can the DSPCA not rehome the dog and can the ISPCC conduct an investigation and possibly rehouse his child? Alarmingly unstable and dangerous. That poor dog.
Dog is brown bread, no?
Bit late for rehoming the poor dog :(
No they should exhume his fetid corpse
Incredible- no ban on having animals? A list of previous convictions as long as your arm?The guy doesn’t even acknowledge what he did was wrong?! He has spawn so he should be allowed to do what he likes? Cannot bear this stuff. The law is an ass.
Spawn?
This.
It’s hard to take a man seriously who wears a wig.
He does look ugly in that wig
It’s more like a long white hat
‘you think you look normal your honour?
c*nt give him two years’.
must watch it again..
This will no doubt be appealed
Really wish I hadn’t read this.
Won’t be able to get the terrible image of the suffering of that poor dog out of my head for the rest of the day.
+1
Orientation Plan for New Judges;
1. Ensure his party membership is up to date and dues paid.
2. Lobotomise the F*cker.
3. You’re done. Inflict the ignorant pox on the people.
every case i read in the paper where some d***head goes out of control and does something awful, they say they dont remember it, and it was a mix of alcohol and prescription drugs. its obviously something lawyers tell them to say straight away. you’d think a judge would see the pattern so far. or does he think ‘wow, a lot of people are on medication in this country, medication that makes them violent nutters.. and not just sleepy like anyone else’ .. infuriating.
Thanks BS, that made me physically sick.
Same.
Not the sharpest tool in the box, this animal abuser, is he ? Tries to hide his identity from the photographer by putting a newspaper on top of his head.
I wonder does the judge keep these people out of jail for his own amusement. Waits to see what they do next. Takes bets with his friends on what they do next and how soon.
Poor bemused judge can’t get it into his head why if all this weird stuff happens in the world, why everyone doesn’t just live in gated communities where they’re safe.
The Irish legal system is an expensive joke, the sole purpose of which is to make lawyers rich.
the kind of things i would do to this scumbag would resemble the scene in law abiding citizen with the mirror and the circular saw.
the judge wouldnt get much better.
No justice no peace
Ah, Judge Nolan of garlic-man fame. There was a change.org petition to get him removed a few years ago because of his outstanding leniency towards rapists. The petition didn’t reach 5,000 but might be time for another whack at it before his decisions lead to even more ultra-violence against women, or, indeed, pets.
He may be contributing to society by raising a child but that doesn’t mean he is above the law. Disgusting thing to do to a dog and it deserves to be punished. What an idiotic message for a judge to send out.
Nolan said he had no history of cruelty to animals, just a massive criminal record, so make sure to commit serious crimes in different areas of the law to avoid jail
SICK! This is horrible, that poor dog.
What kind of prescription drugs makes someone a dog killing maniac??
The guy is obviously sick in the head and should be in prison and banned from having pets for life.
The judge needs a good kick up the hole everyday until Christmas
That child is not safe
Anyone who can find it in themselves to hurt an animal has crossed a boundary. ..it’s not a small thing. Bloody hell, dogs adore you…it’s impossible to live with one and not see it as a personality or feel for it
Totally agree, this guy is capable of anything.
I actually can’t put into words how angry reading this has made me. Time and time again this judge has shown himself to be clearly incompetent and completely unrelated to the real world.
Serious question – is there someone that can be petitioned to get this poor excuse of a man removed from his position?
As a dog owner and just a generally compassionate human being this article has me shacking with anger – as much with the judge as the defendant
My f*cking head nearly exploded with rage reading about what that scumbag did to that little dog. F*cking evil b*stard. That judge is an idiot too by the way.
Totally agree. It’s been with me since I read it. Absolutely despicable, vile and depraved excuse for a human being that would do something like this to a lovely, defenceless animal.
This judge needs to be called to account for his actions.
This country is a joke.
This judge is continually light on sex offences and now it appears animal cruelty too. But by god, if you label garlic as apples to avoid tax, let the wrath of the law fall up on you as you are evil, pure evil.
This man should be jailed, his child taken away for safety and surely this prescription drug should not be on the market if one of its side affects is rage toward animals.
Lex Ballionis. Smear Pedigree Chum – Nth Cumberland St. knockoff, if you don’t have a lot of scratch – all over the skanger’s bawbag. You may wish to wear a hazmat suit for this part. As dogs are awesome and even hungry ones are unlikely to attack, feel free to step in and plant your steel toecaps right into this devoted father’s fork. Just the once, mind, we’re not savages.