We can see in the front of all the papers.
It's the horrific murder of Josh Dunne, a 16 year old boy in Dublin's inner city.
And, this is like I know we use the word tragic,
but this is so, this is so tragic.
Yeah, it is.
And I think it has been a really divisive case and I think that I mean, obviously
George Bento, who's accused in the case. He was acquitted by the jury.
They had been given options of guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter or
just a straight out acquittal, which is what they went for in the end.
And you know, his defence was that it was self defence, that he was in fear for
his life, that he was also trying to protect one of his friends.
I mean, this was just an absolutely, chaotic scene.
It was very, very violent and there were multiple people hurt,
including 16 year old Josh Done, who was killed.
I think that it's one of those cases where people are feel like they have to take
a side or another, and it is possible and okay for you to think that it's terrible
that Josh Dunne was killed because he was only 16 and it was very tragic.
And it's also possible for you to think that George Bento, that you could understand
that what happened on that he wants defending himself, no matter what.
It is tragic that somebody lost their life 100%.
But George Bento, he was a delivery driver.
He got attacked and it sounded like a fairly vicious attack, as well.
He, of course, had a knife that he said was used for cutting fruit and stabbed
Josh which eventually led to him dying.
But, I mean, when you're reading about the police reports on how dangerous
it is a situation for a lot of these delivery drivers we saw during
Covid that deliveries were going through the roof on.
I'm sure you know, as a one of these delivery drivers, how frightening would
it be to go into certain areas where you are going to get attacked?
Well, this is what they're discovering, that there is a huge issue.
Yeah, there is.
And there has been for a number of years.
I mean, their deliveroo drivers, for example, who say they won't go
into certain areas that you know, they've had their bikes stolen,
which is what happened on the night that Josh was killed.
One of George's friends had his bike stolen
George saw the bike being taken and went afterwards,
and he was trying to be a good Samaritan and, you know, he said yesterday
that he regrets that he did that, you know, because he knows now that if
he hadn't done that one step, that none of this would have happened and
he wouldn't have been in prison for the last 18 months and
Josh would still be alive and he knows that.
And he said yesterday, I, you know, I just wish I hadn't done that on.
You know, you never know what's gonna happen when you take in your life, you know?
But yeah, I mean, the policing that the Guards
have said that especially during that time.
That was January 2021.
We're in the middle of a Covid lockdown.
They said that pleasing in certain areas, including that area, was very, very
challenging on, not just in terms of food delivery drivers, but the general
community is well, find it very difficult and very frightening.
And Urantsetseg
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She'd obviously she'd been stabbed and murdered like that happened.
2021.
We've seen another person who was knocked down by someone
in the area that was a delivery driver on that had happened the previous year.
Now the killing the IFSC that you just mentioned there, That was
within a few days of this is just having this incident on.
There also was a man stabbed in Seville Place, which
was, I think, a few days afterwards, so.
I mean, those were all sort of happening around the same
time in and around the same area of the city.
So, you know, it was quite a volatile time, and I mean what the Guards
were saying as well that just during that time, I mean, the youths
in Dublin just didn't really have anything to do.
And this isn't a commentary on Josh as a person or his behaviour.
This is this is younger people in general, in the city had nothing to do amd
were just hanging around, and it just made for a very challenging atmosphere
Josh seemed to be going in to try to help his friend who had jumped in
like God, God bless him.
It's so I can't his poor family like it's just utterly awful.
But the issue here is again policing where are the feet on the ground?
What is going on and why aren't we recruiting more?
Superintendent Costello said
I mean that it has been so difficult in certain areas
as well around Dublin during Lockdown for Guards around Dublin.