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NI driver who caused death of passenger consents to surrender
Summary
A 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death has consented to his surrender to Northern Ireland authorities at the High Court. Conor Jeremiah Briody was sentenced to six years imprisonment, with three years suspended, by Newry Crown Court in October 2016 following a high-speed chase in Enniskillen in August 2014. The court heard he was significantly over the drink-drive limit when driving at speeds up to 100mph. A passenger, Vaidas Urbonas, died six days after the crash. After serving three years, Briody was released on licence but breached conditions by relocating to the Republic without probation service approval. A warrant for his arrest was issued in September 2021, and he was apprehended in December. Ms Justice Caroline Biggs granted bail with residence at an Edgeworthstown address, requiring daily reporting to Longford garda station. Briody was remanded pending his surrender within twenty days.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: NI driver who caused death of passenger consents to surrender. Charges or matters: six offences including dangerous driving causing death and was sentenced to six years imprisonment, with three years suspended, by Newry Crown Court in October 2016. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- October 2016 Hearing Or Sentence
- August 23, 2014 Other
- October 16, 2020 Other
- September 24, 2021 Incident
- December 17 Incident
- 2022-03-01 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: six offences including dangerous driving causing death and was sentenced to six years imprisonment, with three years suspended, by Newry Crown Court in October 2016 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Conor Jeremiah Briody consented to his surrender to the North on foot of a warrant for breaching his post-sentence licence by moving to Ireland without permission from probation services. Today Tony McGillicuddy BL, for the Minister for Justice, told Ms Justice Caroline Biggs that Briody had a remaining sentence of 682 days to serve if the licence was revoked by authorities in the North.; Briody was remanded on bail for a period of not less than ten days with any additional period not exceeding a further ten days until his surrender.
Places mentioned
- High Court
- Longford
- Longford garda station
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