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Court reports mentioning the name James O'Donovan

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2016-06-24 · Athy, Kildare

Dangerous driver has "unusually severe" sentence cut

James O'Donovan, aged 30, of Athy, Co Kildare, was found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of his girlfriend Rosanna Potts (22) and Teresa Kiely (49) on 27 December 2012. He had pleaded not guilty and was originally sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by Judge Leonie Reynolds on 2 March 2015. On appeal the Court of Appeal deemed…

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2016-06-20 · Athy, Kildare

Dangerous driver "sought to blame" girlfriend for crash that killed her

James O'Donovan, 30, of Athy, Co. Kildare, is appealing a conviction and seven‑year prison sentence for dangerous driving that caused the deaths of his girlfriend Rosanna Potts, 22, and Teresa Kiely, 49, on 27 December 2012. The case was heard at Naas Circuit Criminal Court, where a jury found O'Donovan guilty of causing the fatal crash on a…

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2015-03-02 · Kildare

Kildare man who blamed his girlfriend for crash that killed her and another woman is jailed for seven years

James O'Donovan, 29, of Athy, County Kildare, was convicted of dangerous driving that caused the deaths of his girlfriend Rosanna Potts, 22, and Teresa Kiely, 49, at Youngstown, Athy on 27 December 2012. The crash occurred when O'Donovan's Pajero SUV appeared to drive into a ditch on its own side of the road before swerving into the middle of the…

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