The wall Of Blue Silence With A Few Shades Of Grey

An eastern European prostitute, who said she was raped by a police officer after he and his panting fellow cop raided their den of iniquity, was instead prosecuted for prostitution and fined along with her friend, who was forced to watch the rape. Yet the policeman and his buddy escaped any prosecution and both their jobs remained intact. This is justice, Irish style.

The cop claimed the sex was consensual and offered that he was off- duty in any case as a mitigating factor. Of course it was consensual and he was off duty as well, and who would believe any prostitute anyway, especially one from eastern Europe above all places, who?? Bless his lying heart and the wall of blue held firm again with a few shades of grey. I was wondering though how many women of that particular profession accuse cops of rape, kidnapping and blackmail if it was not so? How many women indeed……?

All or part of this case of course was sent to the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), who, it must be said, have as much power as a man trying to stop a water leak with a net, and pretended they had a real job while arresting the erstwhile cop. They even sent a watered down version of the ‘alleged’ crime of rape, kidnapping, blackmail and having sex with a prostitute to the Director Of Public Prosecutions, except there is not too much public about these guys either or even transparent- prosecution wise. The KGB would be proud of them and their secrecy and could even learn a lesson or two from the DPP as well. 

In fact the GSOC only acted at all when the woman who was raped came forward. Anyway, the final judgement came down from the DPP and the GSOC together and it was this: “The records of duty relevant to the garda were contradictory as regards his actual hours of duty, so it was unclear whether he was on or off-duty at the time of the act.” So they declined together not to bring any criminal charges against this cop except that matter of a fine.

There you have it: Nothing to see here, move on….and that ‘act’ of rape, kidnapping, blackmail, and having sex with a prostitute because of confusion of whether he was working or not only cost him that fine of €10,000. Cheap at half the price!!

This rapist, kidnapper, blackmailer officer is understood to be still working/prowling on the force in the west of Ireland and that is unfortunate for him or me for that is where I live too. Lock up your daughters in the meantime until we put a name to this particular man. 

Barry Clifford