2022-07-26
Truck driver gets suspended sentence for causing death of cyclist
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; She imposed a nine-month sentence which she suspended in full, having noted that the maximum penalty in the case is two years. Judge Sheahan also disqualified Morrissey from driving for five years but said that the disqualification order is not to come into effect until October to allow Morrissey to be of assistance to his partner, who is due to have a baby in the coming months.