Law for criminal and nobody for victim, says TD

A DÁIL deputy has revealed how watching two men walk free from court after being convicted of robbing and ransacking his family's home led to disillusionment with the criminal justice system.

Launching a hard-hitting attack on the system, Mayo Fine Gael TD Michael Ring claimed the balance was overwhelmingly in the defendant’s favour when it comes to court. And the victim is ignored.

“The point I want to make is that, while the law is there, it seems to be there for the criminal and there’s nobody for the victim,” he said, concluding: “Law and order is breaking down.”