2025-06-30
'Extremely dangerous': banned, over the limit driver found asleep at wheel avoids jail
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: His defence counsel, Lauren Flanagan BL, told the court that Sam was deeply remorseful, had not come to garda attention since and had been "partying with friends" at the time – describing the incident as an act of "stupidity." She said her client, a father of two who previously worked in IT but is currently unemployed, was willing to undertake a driver awareness course and she asked the court not to impose a custodial sentence. She also imposed a four-month prison sentence, suspended for two years on Sam's own bond of €400, with conditions that he not drive or be in control of a vehicle and that he remain of sober habits.