A truck driver who was fined €1,500 for careless driving that caused the death of three-year-old girl should have been given a custodial sentence, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has told the Court of Appeal.
Estlin Wall was just days away from her fourth birthday when she was killed in an accident which caused serious bodily harm to her father, Vincent Wall, at Ballyea South, Inagh, Co Clare, on March 15, 2017.
Arising from the crash, Senan O Flaherty (64) of Lower Gowerhass, Cooraclare, pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death and careless driving causing serious bodily harm.
At a sentence hearing last year Judge Gerald Keys fined O Flaherty €750 in respect of each charge and banned him from driving for four years, the shortest ban allowed under the statute. Judge Keys said O Flaherty had a low culpability in causing the tragedy.
A serial sex attacker who targeted random women walking alone in the early hours of the morning has lost an appeal against his conviction.
In a judgment delivered this morning the three-judge Court of Appeal dismissed all grounds, including a complaint that the offender was unlawfully detained by gardai following the final attack in which he grabbed a woman from behind while brandishing a knife.
The 36-year-old, who can t be named for legal reasons, was convicted of offences for attacks on three women in the Clondalkin area of Dublin on September 11, 2011, September 3, 2015 and May 16, 2016.
He was convicted of false imprisonment, sexual assault and assault causing harm in relation to the first two offences. His third victim, who was attacked in a laneway in broad daylight as she walked to a Luas stop on her way to work, struggled free and raised the alarm.
Man who targeted women walking alone loses appeal against conviction
The man, who can’t be named for legal reasons, had been convicted of offences for attacks on three women. By Eoin Reynolds Tuesday 19 Jan 2021, 2:09 PM Jan 19th 2021, 2:09 PM 26,439 Views 10 Comments
Image: Laura Hutton via RollingNews.ie
Image: Laura Hutton via RollingNews.ie
A SERIAL SEX attacker who targeted random women walking alone in the early hours of the morning has lost an appeal against his conviction.
In a judgment delivered this morning, the three-judge Court of Appeal dismissed all grounds, including a complaint that the offender was unlawfully detained by gardaí following the final attack in which he grabbed a woman from behind while brandishing a knife.