Case-subject index
This page indexes source-named court-report mentions. Legal stage and outcome are shown separately for each report.
2020-11-04
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Nolan sentenced Prentice to six and a half years and disqualified him from driving for ten years. At the time of these offences Prentice was out serving the suspended portion of a sentence imposed in January 2019 for dangerously driving a stolen car in May 2018.
2019-01-25
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Prentice, of Brookview Gardens, Tallaght, Dublin was sentenced to three and a half years in jail with the final 12 months suspended. Passing sentence today, Judge Melanie Greally said that what started out as the straightforward theft of a car turned into an extremely serious incident of dangerous driving, prompted by the fact that gardaí saw Prentice in the car when the theft was reported. "He drove in a manner which was exceedingly dangerous and it was nothing short of miraculous that no damage was done or no injury to other road users by reason of his outrageous speed, breaking lights, crossing lanes, driving through junctions and forcing cars out of lane," said the judge.