‘I am an honest man’, Cork man convicted of 12 shoplifting offences tells judge [205 previous convictions, including 37 for theft, 31 for being threatening and abusive and 50 for being drunk and a danger]

I assumed this was a Waterford Whispers headline at first

I am once again asking for new legislation regarding multiple convictions:

Upon your third conviction (and above) the judge loses the ability to impose a suspended sentence. A minimal custodial sentence must be applied. After 5 convictions you’d get a multiplier on the minimum sentence for any given crime. This would cause a significant change in the thinking of many petty criminals imo.

A huge amount of petty crime is commited by a tiny amount of impossible people. This would get them off the street and improve our society. As for their own rights, after three convictions you cannot say they weren’t warned.

Obviously, this would not apply retrospectively. Everyone would start from one going forward. But it would help.

Yeah stealing is very honest behaviour

Where is Judge Nolan??? Get this man a pardon!

Ah well, if he’s says he’s an honest man who am I to question him?

Has he ever once gotten away with a crime?

Liam??