bearishbull
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have to go to court next week,i used "offensive language" to a guard one saturday night last summer and he summonsed me under sect 5 criminal justice act 1994,im being charged with "offensive language" under "offensive conduct " section but no other charges .basically i cursed when talking to guard. i was listening to a busker on grafton street after a nightclub and had sobered up ,the garda came along and ordered the busker to clear off ,i said "will ya ever leave him alone for f*cks sake" and the garda asked me for id etc and said he would arrest me ,i said fine as i 've done nothing and am sober so cant do me for being drunk and disorderly,he seemed to want to find a reason to charge me and this is why he came up with the "offensive language" charge.
found an article saying
Under section five, it is an offence for anyone to engage in offensive conduct in a public place between 12pm and 7am or at any other time after being requested by a garda to stop. A person found guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €635.
Offensive conduct is “any unreasonable behaviour” which, having regard to all the circumstances, is “likely to cause serious offence or serious annoyance” to other people.
How could the guard claim i caused him "serious offence" ? a guard encounters such language many times a day/week and the judge must surely know that?
Also he never requested me to stp the "offensive conduct" .
am i gonna get a criminal record or just give money to poor box?any point in contesting the charges or just accept a fine?
found an article saying
Under section five, it is an offence for anyone to engage in offensive conduct in a public place between 12pm and 7am or at any other time after being requested by a garda to stop. A person found guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €635.
Offensive conduct is “any unreasonable behaviour” which, having regard to all the circumstances, is “likely to cause serious offence or serious annoyance” to other people.
How could the guard claim i caused him "serious offence" ? a guard encounters such language many times a day/week and the judge must surely know that?
Also he never requested me to stp the "offensive conduct" .
am i gonna get a criminal record or just give money to poor box?any point in contesting the charges or just accept a fine?