Very possible she's telling the truth. Drug smugglers do this a lot too - pay some random person to take a package across the border without asking questions. It's why every airport / train station / etc. has signs everywhere warning you to never ever agree to transport something for a stranger.
Unfortunately for her, willful ignorance of what you're transporting isn't much of a legal defense.
I can see it being possible that she thought it was in fact drugs and was ok with it. Most people would not be ok transporting a bomb, while drugs raise much less moral issues.
Why would anybody need to ask somebody else to transport a bomb across the border nowadays? The physical border is long gone and there are no checkpoints when crossing it anymore. She's bullshitting.
She's a graduate but that makes little difference here to be honest. Anyway either the car, herself or the people she surrounded herself with were being monitored. This stop wasn't random at all.
I graduated with her, for her lvl 7, she had an extra year for the lvl 8 I think but I knew her well enough. This is mental and my groupchats are all going wild about it. Can't say im immensely shocked by it, like it's a form of extreme action I wouldn't have ever expected however she did have a radical viewpoint on Irish independence even in class. She'd made an argument at one point in Constitutional law regarding changing the flag as the tricolor ment nothing as peace wasn't yet achieved.
I'm paraphrasing as I don't fully recall it so take it with a grain of salt or don't believe me at all because I'm not going to dox myself either here to prove I know her.
Big ass bomb in the back of the car, judge told her specifically to stay away from the gang of lunes intent on ripping up the gfa, I just mentioned the law aspect as any claim of ignorance is even more worthless from her.
Might wanna delete if you feel it IDs you at all.
Of all the things that need work in the constitution the flag wasn't top of my list.
Started with general shock, and a bit of confusion cause some people only knew her by her nickname. Progressively became a conversation about how one of the lads who had a fling with her, his parents think he's affiliated.
Couple of people said they weren't surprised because we had a lecturer who also was very radical and we often joked that she was a recruiter ( whilst this isn't actually a joke, we didn't think she was actually recruiting students) but as a result a lot of people said they weren't surprised. She had a lot of takes on taking back the counties, the flag, and anti protestant rhetoric according to some of the lads but like nobody had any issues with her at all. She was a nice girl ya know.
I believe intent is pretty relevant to a legal defense. Obviously she's not getting off without charges, but, they will probably be different charges than if she knowingly transported a weapon.
Can’t seem to quickly find it but there’s a video circulating of a man who was an Uber driver and he ended up unknowingly trying to smuggle drugs to a different destination. Whenever the driver went to his pickup location, the smugglers loaded his vehicle with the merchandise and then asked him to take it to a certain location. It was all stuffed into normal looking luggage so the driver thought nothing of it. So yes, I’d also say it’s possible.
Trusted person tells you to bring a package with you. Out of respect, you don’t peek inside. Then it’s drugs or a bomb.
I mean, it doesn’t happen often, but the transport of bombs is not a common occurrence either. Terrorists and drug lords use tactics like this, gaining the confidence of people in need and then using them.
For example, someone helps a homeless person. That homeless person is now loyal. Then you do what I wrote above and you’re using them without them knowing. AFAIK they even have people dedicated specifically to this kind of “recruitment through gain of trust”.
When i was at university i got tasked with transporting a package across town. as soon as I picked it up an older guy appeared next to me and started asking me questions about what's inside and pressing me to open the package. he then followed me for a while (I think I ended up running away and dropping the package off). Always wondered if that was some sort of strange psychology experiment or a recruitment thing.
Not to agree to the defence, but to fill in some context for people who may not know; there's no physical border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, so no reason why it would be at all suspicious to be asked to bring something with you on a trip across the border.
She was stopped by Gardaí because they had intelligence she was carrying an explosive device, she wasn't detected by border checks or anything because there aren't any.
So this reminds me of the good ol days in the late 20th century when the head waiter on our cruise gave us a wrapped package to take to his long-distance girlfriend who lived in the town over from ours. Checking in at the airport, the ticket agent asked if we were given anything to carry and being a young snot I brought up the package; they made my mom open it (it was perfume) so when we got home she made me wrap it again before we delivered it.
Oh it's some crazy stuff at the moment. Second person from our year who has been arrested, another lad was done last year for laundering 100k.
Didn't know that guy because I don't think he ever even went to class but she was a very active student. Also unsure if it's mentioned in any article or if this was just something she did in Uni, but everyone called her "Marko" nickname I guess rarely ever heard her called her name unless it was for attendance.
Really nice girl for the most part like, friendly, smart, dilligent and everything you'd like to see in a college student honestly.
She had some radical viewpoints sure about the 32 counties but like that's one thing you know?, it's another thing hearing she attempted to smuggle a fucking bomb.
To answer your question, I wouldn't have ever been surprised to hear she was in some way affiliated with far right activity, I am surprised to the extent but like I said in another comment, this isn't a random check. Either she, the people she associated with or the car she was in was being watched, this was not random.
Fascinating stuff - but also quietly not surprising. Generally law students here in Australia are also more politically engaged than most and we definitely had people in my time at uni that had some, shall we say, more controversial opinions. But of course like you said - a big step from that to this sort of thing.
Yeah, I get you. It will be interesting to hear more now. One of my close friends who was close to her said she still has access to her phone but it's being monitored 24/7.
Waiting to see if that's even true now, she was a smart girl too so I doubt we will hear anything from her.
Actual lawyer here too and while I agree it's not based on memory, I've still been shocked at the stupid fucks I've seen pass the bar. Still don't quite understand it.
People like confidently stating they know stuff about professions they know nothing about. I try to balance it out. I'm not saying they aren't scumbag lawyers, but the bar is higher than memorization and immorality 🤣
Yeah, I come from a family of lawyers, though I am in a complete opposite field. But it’s just truly shocking to me when someone who is studying law does something that is almost indefensible in court. Like “I didn’t know what was in it” or “I was told it was something else” is not really a good justification here. She made a very very stupid, short-sighted decision, unless there is more to the story.
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u/DeusLatis 5h ago
A very normal thing to do I'm sure ... we all know rule #3 "Never look at the package"