Judge James O’Connor
When asked by Judge James O’Connor if she was pleading guilty or not guilty, Mary Bridget Sheehan, of Raheen, Caherciveen said she was pleading guilty.
Looks bad.
…He asked the Garda how he knew it was a phone, and said he passed a man driving the other day holding to his ear what could have been a small alarm clock.
Very good point.
… [He] said the charge of holding a mobile phone could have serious implications for the woman’s motor insurance, and struck out the case.
Huzzah!
Thanks Jerry O’Sullivan
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Jesus, can I use this for my upcoming case for same?
Does that excuse work for tax, insurance, alcohol and dangerous driving as well?
The judge got caught with no NCT/Tax not too long ago.
He’s like a cross between Nick Cave and Stephen Rea.
Also, what use would holding a small alarm clock against your ear be?!?
What a dope.
At least you would never be asleep at the wheel.
Yes. Very good
that’s an insult to Mr Cave really
It’s more an insult to the concept of facial recognition.
There’s a bit of Chris de Burgh in there too (that’s what she said, etc, etc…)…
…looks like Glinner, no?
He does, but Glinner’s face is much wonkier. Glinner’s brain is far less wonky, though.
Or Graham Linehan between haircuts.
lost count of how many numpties I see in Dublin doing this.
To be fair you only have ten fingers.
And ten toes (I assume), but driving barefoot is illegal so you’d get a hefty fine for doing it, and your insurance would go up.
Driving barefoot isn’t illegal. As someone who wears flip flops as often as possible, I’ve done some research on the subject.
So you’re pleading guilty then? OK, go home. Case closed.
Bit of an advantage compared to the rest of us, with eight.
Anyways, you can count to 1023 using your fingers and thumbs, and over a million using your toes as well (assuming good good dexterity), so I’m not sure what your point is? Maybe that he should be counting every driver in Dublin, not just the bad ones?
I like this in a way though: the judge is letting someone off because they were sound and owned up. “Jesus, you’ll never get far being honest – let me do you a favour”.
It’s dumb for a judge to do it, but just people being sound is nice, d’you know?
He’s got form:
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-judge-appears-before-himself-in-court-on-driving-charge-137746873-237427511.html
“District Court Judge James O’Connor was both judge and defendant in his own court in the town of Cahirsiveen.
He was charged with failing to display a valid roadworthy certificate on his vehicle.
He had received a summonses from police to appear in his own court.
The judge was named as James O’Connor of Coolroe, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry, and was accused of committing the offence, which was contrary to Section 18 of the Road Traffic Act, at Newmarket Street, Cahersiveen, on July 21 last.”
Did he get himself off, or did he need a hand?
Chapeau Clampers.. chapeau
Steam off your piss?
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/irish-judge-dismisses-drinkdrive-cases-due-to-urine-steam-inhalation-28461468.html
An Irish judge has thrown out two separate drink-driving cases because of the danger the defendants inhaled alcohol from their own urine while in garda custody.
..Judge O’Connor agreed. He stated that the purpose of the 20-minute observation period is to ensure nothing is taken by mouth that may affect the reading from the breath test.
“Nil by mouth is the same as nil by nose,” Judge O’Connor declared. “When he is urinating, he is inhaling vapourised alcohol and there’s always steam off it.”
FFS
SCIENCE!
I appeared and pleaded guilty to a motoring offense
And after a few this and that’s back and forth
He struck it out
Jay. Sus.
The point, M’lud, isn’t that it’s a phone, rather it’s that the person driving is distracted.
Whether they were holding a phone, a piece of the true cross, a lump of coal, or Kerry’s Eye up to their ear is irrelevant; they’re not doing what they should be doing: focusing on the road.
I sincerely hope that noone in this judge’s family is injured or killed by a distracted driver.