lol so the old guy ignored both shots (Conor troubles)

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Anyone here familiar with Irish law and why Conor has been able to get away with numerous assaults? Is Ireland a jurisdiction where the victim has to press charges in order for a charge to proceed?

In Australia, it's not like we're immune from police giving celebrities special treatment, but they can't just ignore on camera assaults like this. Conor would be in at least some trouble. It's bizarre that the Irish police don't even have to pretend to care.
 

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Anyone here familiar with Irish law and why Conor has been able to get away with numerous assaults? Is Ireland a jurisdiction where the victim has to press charges in order for a charge to proceed?

In Australia, it's not like we're immune from police giving celebrities special treatment, but they can't just ignore on camera assaults like this. Conor would be in at least some trouble. It's bizarre that the Irish police don't even have to pretend to care.
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Anyone here familiar with Irish law and why Conor has been able to get away with numerous assaults? Is Ireland a jurisdiction where the victim has to press charges in order for a charge to proceed?

In Australia, it's not like we're immune from police giving celebrities special treatment, but they can't just ignore on camera assaults like this. Conor would be in at least some trouble. It's bizarre that the Irish police don't even have to pretend to care.
In the U.S. he would be interviewed most likely, but if the victim said he didn't want to press charges then police likely wouldn't make an arrest.

I figured it was the same or similar in all common law/Anglo-Saxon countries.
 

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In the U.S. he would be interviewed most likely, but if the victim said he didn't want to press charges then police likely wouldn't make an arrest.

I figured it was the same or similar in all common law/Anglo-Saxon countries.
So I've done some research and it turns out I'm a retard that's been sucked in by American TV shows - private citizens 'pressing charges' isn't a thing anywhere. And it doesn't matter because it looks like they are going to charge McGregor anyway.
 
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So I've done some research and it turns out I'm a retard that's been sucked in by American TV shows - private citizens 'pressing charges' isn't a thing anywhere. And it doesn't matter because it looks like they are going to charge McGregor anyway.
I'm guessing it just matters when it comes to prosecutors being able to definitively prove an accused's guilt? That if they can't get victim cooperation they drop the charges?
 

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I'm guessing it just matters when it comes to prosecutors being able to definitively prove an accused's guilt? That if they can't get victim cooperation they drop the charges?
For sure, obviously if the victim doesn't co-operate then that has a big impact on whether or not they pursue charges here too. But I was speaking to a law-talking guy and they agreed that there's no chance police here wouldn't pursue it in circumstances like these, regardless of whether or not the victim gave a statement.

Apparently the 'press charges' American TV trope is a massive problem for domestic violence cases in Australia. Victims think they can just withdraw a complaint against their partner, but police will often aggressively pursue it once a complaint is made regardless of whether or not the victim continues to co-operate.
 

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For sure, obviously if the victim doesn't co-operate then that has a big impact on whether or not they pursue charges here too. But I was speaking to a law-talking guy and they agreed that there's no chance police here wouldn't pursue it in circumstances like these, regardless of whether or not the victim gave a statement.

Apparently the 'press charges' American TV trope is a massive problem for domestic violence cases in Australia. Victims think they can just withdraw a complaint against their partner, but police will often aggressively pursue it once a complaint is made regardless of whether or not the victim continues to co-operate.
in many states these days, if you call the cops for domestic violence and the police find evidence, the State becomes the 'complainant' and it doesn't matter if the victim wants to press charges.
 

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in many states these days, if you call the cops for domestic violence and the police find evidence, the State becomes the 'complainant' and it doesn't matter if the victim wants to press charges.
Yep. But it's kind of (darkly) funnier that American TV shows mislead and screw over people in another country.

They've had to redirect calls to 911 to our actual emergency number because stupid cunts here always fuck that up too.
 

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Yep. But it's kind of (darkly) funnier that American TV shows mislead and screw over people in another country.

They've had to redirect calls to 911 to our actual emergency number because stupid cunts here always fuck that up too.
bogans watching Law & Order all afternoon and pounding brews.

there's gonna be a fight, and somebody is going to call 911
 
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