2018-07-23
DPP appeals community service sentence for drunk driver who killed elderly man and injured two gardai
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) A drunk driver who was given community service for colliding with a stationary garda car – killing an elderly pedestrian and injuring two gardaí – must wait to hear whether his sentence will be deemed too lenient. Sentencing him to 240 hours of community service in lieu of a four-year prison sentence, Judge Rory McCabe said a four year sentence would have been appropriate but the interests of justice would not be served by sending Nestor to prison.