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€500 fine for bus driver's careless driving over fatal collision

Date
2019-11-01

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

Olusola Omobamidele, 51, pleaded guilty to careless driving simpliciter for a collision on 19 October 2014 that killed 38‑year‑old motorcyclist Keith McGann. The court found his driving did not cause McGann's death and imposed a €500 fine, the maximum for this offence, with no prison sentence. Omobamidele had been driving a Dublin Bus and had no prior convictions. He had been working for Dublin Bus for 12 years before the incident and had left the company shortly after. McGann's widow, Cynthia, read a victim impact statement describing the loss of her husband, father of three, and the toll of a five‑year legal process. The judge noted Omobamidele's self‑imposed driving ban and expressed condolences to the family. The sentence was delivered at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Martin Nolan.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: €500 fine for bus driver's careless driving over fatal collision. Charges or matters: careless driving over a collision in which a motorcyclist died has been fined €500; one count of driving a bus without due care and attention at Constitution Hill, Dublin on October 19, 2014. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

October 19, 2014 Other
2019-11-01 Publication

Case subjects

Dublin Bus

Applicant

Olusola Omobamidele

Convicted Person

Charges: careless driving over a collision in which a motorcyclist died has been fined €500; one count of driving a bus without due care and attention at Constitution Hill, Dublin on October 19, 2014 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Olusola Omobamidele's driving did not cause the death of Keith McGann and he could not be sentenced as if that were the case, Judge Martin Nolan told the dead man's family at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today. "For the people here who have borne the death of Mr McGann, this doesn't seem like justice," Judge Martin Nolan said.