Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2024-04-11
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan had initially disqualified Kavanagh from driving for one year, but barristers in the case returned to court shortly afterwards and said there was a mandatory disqualification of four years in place. A now served eight-month fully suspended sentence was to remain on Ms Kavanagh's record.
2022-11-07
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Photo: Collins) A woman who drove into the hard shoulder of a motorway, colliding with a motorcyclist and causing his death, has been given a suspended sentence and disqualified from driving for four years. He noted: "All drivers are capable of it and a lot of us are guilty of it." "Unfortunately, her inattentive driving caused the death of this young man." Judge Nolan ruled that Kavanagh did not deserve a custodial sentence for her "bad driving on the day in question".