2024-11-11
Careless driver who seriously harmed pedestrian (88) sees driving ban reduced
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge James McCourt imposed a one-year suspended sentence and disqualified Kirwan from driving for a period of four years. At the appeal hearing earlier today, Jordan Fletcher BL, representing Ms Kirwan, submitted that the sentencing judge "erroneously" applied a Consequential Disqualification Order (CDO) of four years in addition to the one year suspended sentence in circumstances where both the defence and prosecution counsel were of the belief that the Circuit Criminal Court was bound to do so.