Thread: Kirsty Jones's killer got away with it!

On the run

MORE than 800 Tyneside fugitives are on the run from justice.

Figures obtained by the Chronicle reveal North East police have failed to arrest 833 people accused of committing crimes after warrants were issued by courts when they failed to turn-up.

And the figures show some alleged crooks have avoided justice for more than a decade, as there are arrest warrants issued in the 1990s that are still outstanding.

Using the Freedom of Information Act, we discovered that Northumbria Police has not yet tracked down 676 people made the subject of arrest warrants. Eleven of these people are wanted for sexual crimes.

And courts in the Durham Police area are still waiting to deal with 157 people, 18 of which are wanted for violent crimes, and two who are charged with sex offences.

Chief Insp Sean McKenna, of Northumbria Police Criminal Justice Department, said: “It is a priority to trace these people and we make every effort to bring them before the court.”

Chief Insp Dave Hogg, head of community justice for Durham Constabulary, said: “It is important to remember arrest warrants are graded, with those relating to serious offences obviously given a higher priority.

“We have carried out a number of operations in conjunction with the courts to track down those who are wanted and more of these are planned for the future.

“The Local Criminal Justice Board also looks on a regular basis at the systems and procedures for handling warrants.”

George Bernard Murray Hoolahan is just one of Northumbria Police’s most wanted.

The rape suspect has been on the run for almost 10 years after failing to appear at North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on July 13, 1999.

Hoolahan was arrested and charged when two 18-year-old girls claimed he raped them.

The offences are alleged to have happened at a bed and breakfast in Whitley Bay, with Hoolahan having met them on a night out in March 1999. He vanished after magistrates granted him bail, despite objections from police.

Another man wanted by Northumbria Police is

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The Evening Chronicle - January 7, 2008
http://www.chronicle...72703-20321332/

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Jeez Drummond you write some shite....

Some ?

Still you have to give Drummond a bit of respect. After fleeing to Thailand he's managed to find a way of paying the rent.

Seriously...he gets paid for this juvenile tabloid nonsense????

I don't have any problem with the subject matter, but why not write like a real journalist rather than a low grade tabloid hack peddling incorrect statements designed to make it appealling to idiots.

Have you no professional pride man?

Originally Posted by Drummondbkk

As none of the above was written by me you'd have to go to my site to see what I wrote Bobcock, but you're a bit slow on the uptake. Just read. Use your finger it if helps.

Both articles at the top of the thread are credited to you.

Sad that you would actually want credit for this stuff, it's hardly anything to be proud of.

But I guess as long as you can nickel and dime your Thai expat lifestyle together on the back of such nonsense I guess your happy.

I set the bar somewhat higher myself.

it's hardly anything to be proud of.

a man who preyed on and possibly raped young girls, who stole 70,000 pounds of other peoples wages, and has been on the wanted list for 11 years has been found and his whereabouts reported to the british police, who hopefully will be extradited to have his day in court.

i would feel proud if i found and exposed such a person.

i imagine the writing style is tailored to fit the publication and to attract the maximum number of readers. its business, its earning a living.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Originally Posted by Drummondbkk

As none of the above was written by me you'd have to go to my site to see what I wrote Bobcock, but you're a bit slow on the uptake. Just read. Use your finger it if helps.

Both articles at the top of the thread are credited to you.

Sad that you would actually want credit for this stuff, it's hardly anything to be proud of.

But I guess as long as you can nickel and dime your Thai expat lifestyle together on the back of such nonsense I guess your happy.

I set the bar somewhat higher myself.

I do not suppose for a second that its entered your tiny little mind that newspapers re-write pretty much all copy for space and style and location reasons and that includes PA Reuters AFP AP DPA and Uncle Tom Cobley. Thus the words of the original story are rarely exactly the same.
Its always good to catch a low life btw. Why so concerned? You sound like you have set the bar good enough for a limbo dancer but not much else.

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

^To the fucking idiots who write this sensationalist crap, sitting on the sidewalk drinking a beer by yourself probably does represent the high life.

Yep.
Good one !

My sister in law was born in Auchtermuchty. Her great uncle was Dr Livingstone (I presume..)

Originally Posted by Drummondbkk

newspapers re-write pretty much all copy for space and style and location reasons and that includes PA Reuters AFP AP DPA and Uncle Tom Cobley. Thus the words of the original story are rarely exactly the same.

So on this occasion has the paper re-written the story knowingly putting lies in?

Originally Posted by Drummondbkk

tiny little mind

5555....you are funny....Mr Two Bob Reporter.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

So on this occasion has the paper re-written the story knowingly putting lies in?

The point being that Drummond is happy to have his name against information he presumably knows to be incorrect, and a writing style akin to my 12 year old. I'd be ashamed to have my name against the piece as it's published.

Originally Posted by Drummondbkk

Its always good to catch a low life btw. Why so concerned?

I wasn't aware that you have caught anyone. The are not the police are you? and he is not in custody.

If you had run your little fingers across the screen when reading my comments you will see that I have no problem with the basis of the story and you should be careful making any inference to the contrary.

Originally Posted by Drummondbkk

You sound like you have set the bar good enough for a limbo dancer but not much else

Yeah, yeah, you know all there is to know about me for sure.....

I imagine Drummond makes a decent living feeding the tabloids who in turn supply the type of media the UK craves and that sounds like a good gig to me.

Originally Posted by Drummondbkk

Originally Posted by Begbie

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Jeez Drummond you write some shite....

Some ?

Still you have to give Drummond a bit of respect. After fleeing to Thailand he's managed to find a way of paying the rent.

I see the intelligentsia of Teakdoor are arriving now All we need is Buri Ram boy and we would have a chav quorum.

Nice to see you exposing yourself as a tit to all and sundry. My point was that your previous career as a taxi driver or whatever in the UK has not been a hindrance to you making a crust calling yourself a journalist in your new incarnation. Well done boy.

Quote from home site:- He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World and Observer and The Times.


Real class!!!

^
am I missing something here, but that does not look like a bad resume to me.