John Wright Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, BriT said: Caught with a gun in your car? Then off you go fella and sort out those personal difficulties you have! https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/courts/offender-who-had-gun-in-his-car-is-given-a-conditional-discharge-591425 7 minutes ago, MrGarrison said: I read it. Sounds like someone got caught with a gun in their car. They got caught for minor motoring offences. The gun was legitimately in his car. Sparked a high level police response, but no offence committed. Now do you understand. There wasn’t a firearms offence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGarrison Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, John Wright said: I read it. Sounds like someone got caught with a gun in their car. I don’t believe I said there was a fire arms offence. I said that I read the same story and the guy clearly had a gun in the car. The personal difficulties thing is strange because it sort of suggests that driving around with a gun in your car (whether licensed or not) created some sort of problem. Otherwise why would the fire arms squad by called to a motoring offence? Edited January 31, 2023 by MrGarrison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Just now, MrGarrison said: I don’t believe I said there was a fire arms offence. I said that I read the same story and the guy clearly had a gun in the car. The personal difficulties thing is strange because it sort of suggests that driving around with a gun in your car (whether licensed or not) created some sort of problem. Otherwise why would the fire arms squad by called to a motoring offence? Why do you relate the personal difficulties to the firearm, rather that the driving offences. Mitigation would only relate to the offences charged. You’ve been taken in by sensationalised paper headlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGarrison Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 minute ago, John Wright said: Why do you relate the personal difficulties to the firearm, rather that the driving offences. Mitigation would only relate to the offences charged. You’ve been taken in by sensationalised paper headlines. Because otherwise why would a firearms team be called to the scene of a motoring offence? Surely even if they found a shotgun in the back of someone’s van when pulling them over they’d simply call Police HQ and be told they had a license for it or not. Why call a SWAT team if he had a gun license? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, MrGarrison said: I don’t believe I said there was a fire arms offence. I said that I read the same story and the guy clearly had a gun in the car. The personal difficulties thing is strange because it sort of suggests that driving around with a gun in your car (whether licensed or not) created some sort of problem. Otherwise why would the fire arms squad by called to a motoring offence? because they need a few turnouts to justify their existence and another call out logged it would have taken over 30 minutes for them to get kitted up and drive from Douglas to Ramsey , perhaps there is an argument for having qualified firearms officers with suitable equipment based in Ramsey and the south ,? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 It wasn’t a traffic stop and it wasn’t a firearms stop. Why the paper have felt the need to report this unfortunate situation is beyond me. I despise our local press 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGarrison Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 minutes ago, Asthehills said: It wasn’t a traffic stop and it wasn’t a firearms stop. Oh I know what it was but a years long conditional discharge for trying to top yourself is a bit steep. Good job the gun was licensed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asthehills Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 28 minutes ago, John Wright said: They got caught for minor motoring offences. The gun was legitimately in his car. Sparked a high level police response, but no offence committed. Now do you understand. There wasn’t a firearms offence. Why comment on a situation you clearly know nothing about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, TheTeapot said: Desperate. Dumb as fuck. Enough about yourself… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Bean Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 And one that almost went unnoticed..the son of a former well known local policeman gets probation after being caught red-handed.. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/teen-told-stay-away-from-drugs-after-being-caught-with-1-8k-of-cannabis/#:~:text=Jake Sloane%2C of Empress Drive,former home on Peel Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 One law for people with influence, one law for the plebs. If his father had been a local scallywag down he goes for 5 long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 34 minutes ago, Manx Bean said: And one that almost went unnoticed..the son of a former well known local policeman gets probation after being caught red-handed.. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/teen-told-stay-away-from-drugs-after-being-caught-with-1-8k-of-cannabis/#:~:text=Jake Sloane%2C of Empress Drive,former home on Peel Road. 25 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: One law for people with influence, one law for the plebs. If his father had been a local scallywag down he goes for 5 long. It’s within sentencing guidelines, as applied in IoM with Manx uplift. Remember £1800 prosecution value is vastly exaggerated and is probably a £100 wholesale in Liverpool. Don't think his dad has “influence”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtleish Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Manx Bean said: And one that almost went unnoticed..the son of a former well known local policeman gets probation after being caught red-handed.. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/teen-told-stay-away-from-drugs-after-being-caught-with-1-8k-of-cannabis/#:~:text=Jake Sloane%2C of Empress Drive,former home on Peel Road. His (mothers) house was raided with door booted in a couple of weeks ago at 130 am . Full force screaming and shouting from the Fed's. Woke my kids up! This lad is constantly in trouble with Fed's. This is in sulby Edited November 17, 2023 by Turtleish Extra info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeoneday Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, Turtleish said: His (mothers) house was raided with door booted in a couple of weeks ago at 130 am . Full force screaming and shouting from the Fed's. Woke my kids up! This lad is constantly in trouble with Fed's. This is in sulby Feds - another Americanism deemed acceptable 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 1 hour ago, John Wright said: Don't think his dad has “influence”. Certainly not over his son. Sorry. Poor humour. Obliviously society was to blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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