A Donegal man has been disqualified from driving after rushing away from gardaí.
Caolan Marley, aged 29 of Station Home, Cloghan was earlier than Letterkenny District Courtroom on prices arising out of an incident at Curraghmone, Ballybofey, on February 8, 2021.
Gardai obtained a report of a suspicious automobile within the space. They subsequently stopped a Renault Megane being pushed by Marley.
Sergeant Jim Collins informed the court docket that Marley sped off ‘aggressively’ with Gardai standing beside the door. Marley made off at excessive pace and Sergeant Collins stated Gardai didn’t comply with him as it will have offered a hazard.
Marley was charged with harmful driving and likewise confronted a cost of driving with out insurance coverage.
Solicitor for Marley, Mr Frank Dorrian, stated he was not making an software to have a harmful driving cost lowered to one in all careless driving.
Mr Dorrian stated his shopper is a 29-year-old manufacturing unit employee who’s a single mum or dad.
“The details converse for themselves,” Mr Dorrian stated. “The no insurance coverage has made a nasty state of affairs worse.”
Choose Éiteáin Cunningham convicted Marley. For harmful driving, Marley was disqualified from driving for 2 years and fined €150. A two-year disqualification was additionally imposed for driving with out insurance coverage, with Marley additionally fined €200 for this offence. The disqualifications are to run concurrently.
Driver disqualified after rushing away from gardaí was final modified: October twenty fourth, 2023 by