When the Gardai come a knockin

[Alec Horan]

Does anyone know or does anyone have experience of what rights us punters have if caught in the act or even before or after the act by the Gardai. Do we have to be seen to hand over money for it to be a crime. What circumstatces are cosher and which are dodgy.

just tell them you work in the public service

[Mousey]

Ask them to go around the block again so you can finish up

[oneeyedreilly]

Tell them to go and find their own escort or grab a culchie in slapper face jacks

[anon361]

They may try and make you give a statement and tell you not to worry it's only so they can prosecute the lady and that only happens if they discover she is not working alone in which case it's a brothel in Irish law.
The problem with giving a statement is you could down the road receive a summons to go to court as a witness for the prosecution, failure to appear in court is a prosecutable offence.

What they don't tell you is it is only a summons to appear in the court house, they cannot force you to give a statement or to go into the witness box, once you attend the court house you approach the prosecution; tell them you do not want to be a witness, they will of course try to persuade you to change your mind but at the end of the day they cannot force you but you must actually go to the court house on the date of the summons and speak with them at that stage..

[experienced punter]

They may try and make you give a statement and tell you not to worry it's only so they can prosecute the lady and that only happens if they discover she is not working alone in which case it's a brothel in Irish law.
The problem with giving a statement is you could down the road receive a summons to go to court as a witness for the prosecution, failure to appear in court is a prosecutable offence.

What they don't tell you is it is only a summons to appear in the court house, they cannot force you to give a statement or to go into the witness box, once you attend the court house you approach the prosecution; tell them you do not want to be a witness, they will of course try to persuade you to change your mind but at the end of the day they cannot force you but you must actually go to the court house on the date of the summons and speak with them at that stage..

anon knows Everything!........

[Lincoln]

Just keep yer mouth shut and give up nothing. (difficult if yer married and they decide to detain you but i'm on me own so I personally would just go for a stonewall).

Younger and more naive punters might find that difficult but if yer a bit older its easy enough to pull off the belligerent act (i've noticed!!)

[BrianOC]

Prostitution itself is not an offence under Irish law. However, the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act of 1993 prohibits soliciting or importuning another person in a street or public place for the purpose of prostitution (This offence applies to prostitute and client.).

It also prohibits loitering for the purpose of prostitution, organizing prostitution by controlling or directing the activities of a person in prostitution, coercing one to practice prostitution for gain, living on earnings of the prostitution of another person, and keeping a brothel or other premises for the purpose of prostitution.

Advertising brothels and prostitution is prohibited by the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act of 1994. 18 is the minimum legal age for a prostitute in Ireland (Child prostitution Legislation exists to protect persons under this age.).

so its not ilegal to visit an independant
it is ilegal to curb crawl or to talk about fees out a balcony lol
it is ilegal to solicit your self ie advertising

other than that the cops can do fuck all if she is independant

I hope your paying your taxes to the free state Kelly :P

[carlos marvado]

Inform the civil servant (garda) that you will be more than happy to conduct a conversation with them once you have consulted a legal representative.

[BrianOC]

i actually do pay tax hun

im registared as an escort with the tax people

i dont want to be done for tax evasion do i,
im in the middle of doing a accountancy course so i will know how to do my tax return myself in jan 2011 for year 2009/2010 wont that be fun lol

I actually always wondered about this!

[BrianOC]

yep you have to claim something other wise they'll know your evading your taxes

goverment dont care wot you do as long as you pay tax on it

i dont however register for vat that would be silly can you emigine the farmers claiming the vat back of an hour with kelly and trying to explain i was used in the prosses of the farming bussiness by getting the bulls arroused :

they would and all!

Personally I would write it off as a business lunch!