2023-03-17
Young driver hit speeds of 140km/h on suburban streets
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At a sentence hearing on Thursday Judge Martin Nolan described Bennet's behaviour as "appalling" and "extraordinarily reckless". "He endangered dozens of people and he didn't stop until he lost control of the vehicle and the garda took him out of the car," Judge Nolan said. Judge Nolan said he was suspending a three-year prison sentence on the basis of Bennet's youth and his lack of any other criminal conviction.