Dublin District Court
A repeat roads offender who was high on cannabis when he ‘played chicken’ with other motorists, drove head on at gardaí and caused the death of his 20-year-old passenger, who was thrown from his car in a collision where the vehicle split in two, has argued that his 14-year jail term was “manifestly excessive”.
Lawyers for the driver, who admitted he deliberately ‘took a chase’ from gardai, also told the Court of Appeal today that his life-long driving ban will impair his rehabilitation, which they submitted was not in the public interest.
