Case-subject index

Court reports mentioning Jayne Kearney

This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.

2016-12-16

Drunk driver who knocked down mum-of-two, leaving her with brain injury, has jail term cut on appeal

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: She was sentenced to three years imprisonment by Judge Martin Nolan on January 12, 2015. Kearney's barrister, Padraig Dwyer SC, submitted that a suspended sentence or community service would have met the case.

2016-10-13

Drunk driver appeals three-year sentence for leaving mum with brain injury

Stage: Appeal

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: She was sentenced to three years imprisonment by Judge Martin Nolan on January 12, 2015. Opening an appeal against sentence today Kearney's barrister, Padraig Dwyer SC, submitted that a suspended sentence or community service would have met the case.

2015-12-01

Drunk driver who hit woman and drove off, leaving her with brain injury with "horrendous" effects, is jailed

Stage: Sentence

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Imposing a three year sentence and disqualifying her from driving for three years, Judge Nolan commented that he thought Kearney was a "genuinely good person" but that this was a "very, very serious fall from grace".