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Leaf blower thrown at gardai during high speed chase

Date
2021-04-20

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Wicklow

County
Wicklow

Summary

In a high‑speed pursuit on the M11, 21‑year‑old Jordan Carroll, of Lindisfarne Vale, Clondalkin, threw a leaf blower, hedge clippers and drills out of the front passenger window of a stolen Toyota Land Cruiser. The vehicle, driven by Carroll and co‑accused Joseph Bonass (18) of Lindisfarne Park, Clondalkin, was later driven into two Garda patrol cars after attempting to exit the N7. Both patrol cars sustained damage, as did a third Garda car that ran over a leaf blower, and the stolen car was written off. Carroll pleaded guilty to endangering traffic, criminal damage and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen vehicle on 16 and 17 June 2020, and was sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment, with the final 12 months suspended on strict conditions.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Leaf blower thrown at gardai during high speed chase. Charges or matters: endangering traffic, criminal damage and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen vehicle at various locations in Co Wicklow and Co Dublin on June 16 and 17, 2020; unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, criminal damage, dangerous driving, driving without insurance and without a licence at various locations in Co Wicklow and Co Dublin on the same dates. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

June 16 Incident
October 11 Adjournment
2021-04-20 Publication

Case subjects

Jordan Carroll

Defendant

Charges: endangering traffic, criminal damage and allowing himself to be carried in a stolen vehicle at various locations in Co Wicklow and Co Dublin on June 16 and 17, 2020; unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, criminal damage, dangerous driving, driving without insurance and without a licence at various locations in Co Wicklow and Co Dublin on the same dates (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: She sentenced Carroll to four and a half years imprisonment, but suspended the final 12 months of the sentence on strict conditions.; Judge Sheahan ordered a report from the Probation Service regarding Bonass and adjourned his case for finalisation to October 11, next.

Joseph Bonass

Co Accused

Charges: unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, criminal damage, dangerous driving, driving without insurance and without a licence at various locations in Co Wicklow and Co Dublin on the same dates (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Judge Sheahan ordered a report from the Probation Service regarding Bonass and adjourned his case for finalisation to October 11, next.