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Thursday July 14, 2005 19:36 by Woofwoof
Landmark application of 1911 law
Shane Hickey in the Irish Independent reports on the conviction of a group of scumbags involved in dog fighting. FIVE men have been found guilty of ill-treating two animals during a dog fight, in the first case of its kind in the State.
An all male jury in Naas Circuit Court found the five men guilty and another man not guilty after over two hours deliberation yesterday.
Troy Jordan, Blackthorn Cottage, River Road, Allenwood South, Co Kildare; Richard Somerville, Dunard Drive, Navan Road, Cabra, Dublin; Karl Breen, Nangor Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin; Thomas Codd, Cloonmore Crescent, Tallaght, Dublin and David Deegan, Maplewood Park, Springfield, Tallaght were all found guilty of the offence on October 31, 2003 at Brockagh, Robertstown, Co Kildare.
Richard Bernard, Dark Road, Castletown, Carlow, was found not guilty.
Earlier yesterday Judge Patrick McCartan directed that three men of the original group of nine accused - Michael Quinn, Slieve Bloom Road, Drimnagh; Joseph Blake, Loreto Avenue, Rathfarnham and James Ferris, Allenwood South, Co Kildare, be released as he was not satisfied there was sufficient evidence to continue in their cases.
The remaining men were charged under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1911 with cruelly ill-treating two animals after an additional charge of assisting in the fighting of the animals was taken from the indictment by Judge McCartan.
All pleaded not guilty at the opening of the trial last week.
Last week, two men charged in addition to the group of nine were found not guilty due to an absence of evidence.
None of the six accused or witnesses for the defence were called.
The trial had previously heard that a team of gardai and inspectors from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) had raided the Kildaire farm and found two dogs in a bloody embrace in a corrugated steel pen.
The two pit bull terriers had lacerations to the face, ear, head, neck and forelimbs, the court had heard.
When the gardai entered, a number of men were found by the pen while others ran out to nearby fields and some were caught later.
In his concluding statement, Dan Boland BL for the state said the men had been found in an isolated area on a Friday morning beside the dog fight.
Such was the ferocity of the fight between the dogs that a ladder was needed to separate them, said Mr Boland.
There was sufficient evidence to convict the men on a single charge, he said. There were arguments from a number of counsel for the accused men that there was a lack of evidence to convict them on charges to cruelty to animals.
Dean Kelly BL, for Richard Somerville, said there was no evidence of ill-treatment of animals by his client.
All six men said in court earlier this week that they would not contest Garda evidence that they were at the site at the time.
Justin McQuaid, counsel for David Deegan, said there was nothing but "mere presence" to connect his client with ill-treatment while Remy Farrell, counsel for Troy Jordan, said that presence at a dog fight is not a criminal offence.
The court had heard earlier this week that Richard Bernard told Garda Patrick O'Leary that he was at the scene to give Michael Quinn a puppy.
After initially saying that they could not reach a verdict, Judge McCartan sent the jury back for further deliberations, following which they reached a unanimous verdict.
It is the first time that such a case has been heard in the state.
Each of the men faces a maximum fine of €12,270 and/or two years imprisonment.
Judge McCartan excused the jury from service for 10 years. The five convicted men remain on bail until July 28 for sentencing.
Shane Hickey
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Jump To Comment: 3 2 1They should get the same treatment as they gave the dogs.
Deegan's and Jordan's convictions were quashed today. Apparently, a new judge thinks they were just there. So IT IS ok to be a spectator to an illegal bloodsport here in Ireland? For Gods sake, when will this end if the message that's send by the law and law enforcement is such as this???
I have seen first hand what damage these people do.
WELL DONE IRELAND ON THE LANDMARK CASE. Dog Fighting.
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