December 2, 2024
Urgency urged in case of man charged in reference to demise of boy, 9 in Bundoran

A solicitor representing a person charged with harmful driving inflicting the demise of a nine-year-old boy in Bundoran has requested for statements within the case to be forwarded as a matter of ‘urgency’.

Mr Gerry McGovern was addressing Ballyshannon District Court docket within the case of Sergee Kelly, who has been charged in reference to a deadly street site visitors collision, the place Ronan Wilson (9), from Kildress in County Tyrone, was killed final September.

Kelly was charged with harmful driving inflicting the demise of Ronan Wilson on September 23, 2023 at Atlantic Manner, Bundoran.

The cost is opposite to Part 53 (1) of the Street Site visitors Act, 1961 as substituted by Part 4 of the Street Site visitors Act (No. 2) Act, 2011.

Mr McGovern advised the courtroom that the matter might be despatched ahead to the Circuit Court docket on a plea of responsible. Mr McGovern mentioned he has requested, by way of a senior counsel within the case, for statements.

“We are able to’t make any determination till we get the statements,” Mr McGovern mentioned. “Statements are pressing. We might not even want a e-book of proof, however we’d like some statements. We have to see the bones of it.”

Inspector Angela Cummins mentioned it is a ‘advanced investigation’. Inspector Cummins mentioned that the matter ‘is prepared at incident room stage to go to the State Solicitor’s workplace’.

Decide Ciaran Liddy adjourned the matter till Might 3, 2024.

Two weeks in the past, bail was solely granted to Kelly by Decide Monika Leech after a €10,000 money lodgement was made.

When charged, Kelly, a 23-year-old with an deal with at Higher Mullaghmore, County Sligo, replied: ‘No’.

On that event, An Garda Siochana sought to have Kelly’s bail revoked.

Decide Leech directed {that a} additional €10,000 money lodgement be offered, whereas present bail situations, which included a €5,000 impartial surety, had been to stay.

A cost of harmful driving inflicting demise carries a most sentence of ten years imprisonment.

Below the phrases of his bail, Kelly is prohibited from coming into Bundoran and has additionally been ordered to remain out of Northern Eire.

Beforehand, Kelly was charged with having been the motive force of a automobile, which was concerned within the incidence of harm to Ronan Wilson, did fail to supply mentioned individual help. He has additionally been charged with failing to cease and with failing to stay on the scene after the incident, which occurred at round 9.20pm on September 23, 2023.

Urgency urged in case of man charged in reference to demise of boy, 9 in Bundoran was final modified: April nineteenth, 2024 by Workers Author