2023-02-13
Drunk, speeding driver who caused death of girl (16) has jail term increased
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Michael Welby (24), of Loughgannon, Roscahill, was sentenced at Galway Circuit Court in July of last year, after he pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of teenager Róisín Hession after the car he was driving hit a wall in the townland of Porridgetown, Co Galway, in March 2020. Judge O'Callaghan sentenced Welby to three years' imprisonment with the final 18 months suspended for two years.