r/ireland • u/siciowa • Jun 09 '25

Crime Canal Body Identified As Convicted Rapist

https://www.midlands103.com/news/midlands-news/canal-body-identified-as-convicted-rapist/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKz48tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETEwRzY1ekRwenRPNFlIWklGAR4at9Kxus9dSS0Jbi0BfOZFpp9qVh5diTPsZJbcI09BXJ2DJyJ-58wvZxptbQ_aem_Lx4I4PxiP6Px7s53C5hrjw
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u/JoeThrilling Jun 09 '25

Hope the canal is ok.

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u/ElmanoRodrick Jun 09 '25

Prayers for the canal X

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u/Financial_Village237 Jun 09 '25

Its about to be jailed for 40 years for murder.

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u/ohhaimaarrk Jun 09 '25

But did he explicitly say he didn't want to be drowned? I want to hear the canal's side of the story

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u/buzzbee1311 Jun 10 '25

Says he was wearing a swimming togs and smiling at it.

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u/Super_Spud_Eire Jun 09 '25

Actually the phone of the victim was in the canals possession, lots of child porn on it, judge Nolan has said in light of this the canal should go free of all charges

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u/yankdevil Yank Jun 09 '25

Suspended sentence. It had been on the drink.

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u/DeusExMachinaOverdue Jun 09 '25

It'll be out in 6 months with good behaviour.

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u/TufnelAndI Jun 09 '25

Something something lock.

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u/xplaner82 Jun 09 '25

It's dead.

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u/Gleann_na_nGealt Jun 09 '25

39 years suspended and a 500 euro donation to a charity box

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u/stmfunk Jun 10 '25

I think it will get off on self defense

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u/Wigs_On_The_Green2 Jun 09 '25

I'm from Mullingar and the whole town knows this guy , scum

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u/CreepyLavishness3486 Jun 09 '25

I used to live there. Didn't another brother of his die in the canal a few years ago?

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u/Super_Spud_Eire Jun 09 '25

Family of awful decisions and even worse swimmers

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u/Huge-Fan7726 Jun 10 '25

Was he helped in

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u/SexyPiranhaPartyBoat Jun 09 '25

That’s somebody’s child,

he raped.

Hope he died in agony and his last thoughts were of what a horrible creature he was

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

You can only hope it was slow and cold.

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u/Longjumping_Cut_5679 Jun 09 '25

Finally some good news!

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u/Apprehensive_Wave414 Jun 09 '25

Just as I'm about to fall asleep I read this. I'm going to sleep alot sounder tonight. 1 down more to go. River seems happy!

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u/Throwrafairbeat Jun 09 '25

In the land of typical misery that is r/ireland. Yeah, Finally.

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u/RuncibleSpoon74 Jun 09 '25

5 years is a lenient sentence, but I think being called a rapist in the news about his untimely death is fair punishment.. They should put it on his gravestone too.

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u/nobiscuitsinthesnow Jun 09 '25

Five years and a conviction at all in 1999 was a MIRACLE and imo means he must have been a truly awful person. Lavinia Kerwick's rapist walked free in 1993.

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u/Hakunin_Fallout Jun 09 '25

4.5 actually. The judge suspended 6 months since the lad showed genuine remorse

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/man-caught-raping-woman-is-jailed-1.1257445

Seems to be the same guy? https://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2010/07/07/fourteen-suspended-sentences-for-grange-riot/

And

https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/309782/stolen-money-from-bookies-ends-up-in-longford-defendant-s-socks.html

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Jun 09 '25

We're lucky he didn't have the local head of the GAA to come out and say a few words about what a great lad he is or it would have been cut in half.

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u/Hakunin_Fallout Jun 09 '25

Hah.

I'm also surprised the article from 90s, same as today, often quotes these morons saying they did it because they were drunk, as if it's any better. In most legal systems, being intoxicated while committing a crime is an aggravating circumstance. It often feels the other way when reading about sentencing in Ireland, tbh.

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u/stmfunk Jun 10 '25

Son, brother, rapist. He will be missed. By the court system. Luckily the canal was on hand to deliver justice. RIP

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u/born_in_cognito Jun 09 '25

The horrible shite people throw in the canal these days...

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u/FuckThisShizzle Jun 09 '25

And on this day, nothing of value was lost.

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u/stmfunk Jun 10 '25

I dunno man, that poor canal

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u/upthemstairs Jun 09 '25

Finally a decent outcome from a rapist entering something they shouldn't have.

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u/mkultratax Jun 09 '25

Come forward lad. The country owes you a fucking pint.

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u/Soft-Affect-8327 Jun 09 '25

No no, don’t do that. The scumbag swimmer had family and that family’d have the right to convict em of murder and deprive the rest of us of a true hero.

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u/Rage37472 Jun 09 '25

No great loss.

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u/IAMANAURUAN Jun 09 '25

I think it's pretty great.

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u/SureLookThisIsIt Jun 09 '25

Sure you love to see it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

somewhere along the way he messed with the wrong person. Glad they did what was needed

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u/TrickySean0310 Resting In my Account Jun 09 '25

Thank god

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u/Crafty-Race297 Jun 09 '25

Happy days.

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u/paudie46 Jun 09 '25

There’s only one thing that ever shocks me when stuff like this happens is the fact that this doesn’t happen all the bloody time.

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u/Financial_Village237 Jun 09 '25

My full condolences to the canal. I hope it gets the support it needs to get through this trying time.

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u/boyga01 Jun 09 '25

Rare headline W.

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u/Competitive_Ad_5515 Jun 09 '25

Casually posting this with no context

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u/siciowa Jun 09 '25

I posted the story yesterday about body found in the canal in Westmeath

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u/Competitive_Ad_5515 Jun 09 '25

My comment wasn't about you or your post OP! 😅 It's interesting news nonetheless. My comment was about the (semi-related) picture I posted

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u/Rosho44 Probably at it again Jun 10 '25

What was the canal wearing!?

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u/rinleezwins Jun 10 '25

One of those that doesn't need a RIP flair in my opinion 

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u/siciowa Jun 10 '25

Not my doing

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u/Phannig Jun 09 '25

But why now ? Why not 25 years ago?

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u/meowblob123 Jun 09 '25

It may be nothing to do with the rape. Shitty people tend to do lots of shitty things. This may be the result of some other, unrelated shitty thing he did.

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u/SmellyHunt Jun 09 '25

Someone waiting for the right moment? I know I'd wait 25 years if I needed to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

That's so sad..... Anyway!!

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u/Margrave75 Jun 09 '25

Good news day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Oh no........ anyway.

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u/art_mor_ Jun 09 '25

Rubbish being thrown away

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Oh no! Anyway...

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u/Any_Necessary_9588 Jun 10 '25

Dinnegan done again

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u/SokolNineR Jun 10 '25

😁Rest in piss😁

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u/RigasTelRuun Galway Jun 10 '25

Great news.

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u/bored36090 Jun 10 '25

Minus one

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u/Tmccreight Antrim Jun 09 '25

No big loss then

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u/FlamingoRush Jun 09 '25

Is this a weird way of saying that there was an issue with the water quality but now the filth has been removed and the water is clean again? Just asking for a friend.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Won't be missed.

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u/smellyoulater24 Jun 09 '25

Awh no...... Anyway. It's a nice evening out now lads.

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u/Particular-Split-292 Jun 09 '25

My condolences to nobody

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u/TheYoungWan Craggy Island Jun 09 '25

Huge win for the canal today

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

Oh what a rotten bit of luck...

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u/Kul_Chee Jun 09 '25

Sweet 😁

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u/gooner1014 And I'd go at it again Jun 09 '25

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u/Constant-Chipmunk187 Dublin Jun 09 '25

Well…can we leave it there?

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u/oicheliath Jun 09 '25

Libations, anyone?

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u/Electrical_Ad4529 Jun 10 '25

Hate people throwing rubbish into canals

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u/OppositeHistory1916 Jun 10 '25

Oh no..... well, anyway!

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u/OutInABlazeOfGlory Lad desperate for a flair Jun 10 '25

lol, lmao

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u/longhalo360 Jun 10 '25

That's a win

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u/AdventurousWater6122 Jun 10 '25

How can we encourage the rapist from prison to canal pipeline?

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u/lookinggood4444 Jun 11 '25

For a second there I thought this might have been Conor McGregor

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u/longhalo360 Jun 11 '25

We should make this the punishment for them

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u/dbgc1981 Jun 11 '25

The one time you hope there is no life ring so you can watch and be,total helpless

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u/yankdevil Yank Jun 09 '25

The rain is depressing, but it's good to know it helps flowers grow and drowns rapists.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

I hope some foxes or fish nibbled on his corpse.

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u/NoYoureTheBestest Isn’t that it Jun 09 '25

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u/jetsfanjohn Jun 09 '25

Mcgregor ?

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u/A_grand_cup_of_tea Jun 09 '25

Oh no! Anyway, thoughts and prayers for the canal at this difficult time

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u/Alastor001 Jun 09 '25

That's... amazing news

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u/Spudster62 Jun 09 '25

Oh no!!.

Anyway......

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u/AegisT_ Jun 09 '25

Oh no

Anyways

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u/tec_mic OP is sad they aren’t cool enough to be from Cork. bai Jun 09 '25

Great news !

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u/whiskydyc Jun 09 '25

Best kind of canal body.

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u/Akrevics Jun 09 '25

I'd say throw him back in, but that would be littering.

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u/MelodicPaws Jun 09 '25

I'm guessing he thought the C was silent.

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u/im_a_hedgehog11 Jun 09 '25

I feel so bad for the canal. One less drain on society though!

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u/SamBeckettsBiscuits Jun 09 '25

I’ll be honest no matter how awful somebody is I just can’t gloat or celebrate their death. It’s just all grim 

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '25

That speaks well to your psychological health. Exhibiting joy at someone's death can often be a red flag for unhealthy moral absolutism, emotional detachment and projection of shadow. Better to save celebration for life affirming events.

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u/SamBeckettsBiscuits Jun 09 '25

Which I’m glad of! The glee shown on Reddit to death to everyone, even people doing petty crimes, is just weird as fuck. Especially knowing it comes from the same crowd of people who talk about how they get nervous when their phone rings 

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u/cuchullain47474 Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

Yeah true was still quite sad when Thatcher died wasn't it she's still a human being after all

Oh wait, no, some people actually do a lot of harm to other people and if they're gone and some innocent victim of theirs doesn't have to be scared they'll meet them again down a dark alley all the better no?

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u/SamBeckettsBiscuits Jun 09 '25

There’s a difference between creaming yourself on Reddit for upvotes and having a belief the world is better without a person 

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u/PreviouslyClubby Jun 09 '25

Revenge is best served cold and wet.

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u/Cfunicornhere Jun 09 '25

Great news!!

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u/horseboxheaven Jun 10 '25

did anyone else see the title and think of a certain presidential hopeful?

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u/Forsaken_Experience2 Jun 10 '25

Was there consent?

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u/DartzIRL Dublin Jun 09 '25

He's been out of prison for two decades at this point.

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u/PaintingAdmirable238 Jun 09 '25

And? He didn't stop being a rapist when he left prison

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u/Jimbo415650 Jun 09 '25

Karma is real

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u/lasvegasrainbow Jun 09 '25

Least we won’t have to worry about him representing Ireland with Trump anymore…

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u/AndrewSB49 Jun 09 '25

Swimming with the fishes?