Motorist fined for making false report to gardai following Limerick crash
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A MOTORIST was fined €200 after he admitted making a false report to gardai that his car had been stolen when, in fact, he had crashed it.
Jason Hayes, aged 42, who has an address at Killala Gardens, Knocknaheeny, Cork City pleaded guilty to giving false information to gardai that an offence had been committed.
Inspector Sandra Heelan told Kilmallock Court that on May 17, 2018, the defendant contacted gardai and reported the unauthorised taking of his vehicle.
“It was not stolen. It was crashed (at an unknown location in the Bruff garda district). He made the report to disguise the crash,” explained Insp Heelan at a court hearing before Christmas.
Limerick pensioner guilty of assault in sulky row
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A JUDGE has found a pensioner guilty of punching an elderly man, displacing his glasses and hearing aid, after a sulky crash.
In November, Martin McDonagh, aged 66, of Riverview Estate, Kilmallock, pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm and dangerous driving at Riversfield, Kilmallock, on September 9, 2018.
After the lengthy contested case in Kilmallock Court, Judge Marian O’Leary said, “There are serious consequences for everybody” before adjourning the case to this earlier month to give her decision.
Before announcing her verdict last week, Judge O’Leary gave a summary of the evidence. She began by raising the issue of “bias” raised by Mr McDonagh’s barrister, Reginald Garrett. During the original case Mr Garrett accused gardai of “bias” and “treating people differently” in their investigation.