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Innocent car occupants caught up in Traveller family feud

Date
2023-01-24

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Roscommon

Summary

A man has been sentenced to three years in custody at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following a road incident in Lucan that endangered innocent bystanders. Martin Mongan, aged 47, was convicted by jury of endangerment and dangerous driving arising from an incident on Newcastle Road on 6 May 2018. The court heard that Mongan, embroiled in a family feud originating from a violent incident at a Roscommon funeral in 2017, deliberately drove his truck at a van containing family members he was in dispute with. The collision caused the van to strike an uninvolved car with three occupants who had no connection to the parties involved. Judge Patricia Ryan noted the incident occurred in broad daylight and considered aggravating factors including the repeated nature of the driving at the van. The judge stated a custodial sentence was necessary to mark the seriousness of the offence and its effects on the injured parties.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Innocent car occupants caught up in Traveller family feud. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty

When:

May 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
May 6, 2018 Incident
2023-01-24 Publication

Why: She asked why he didn't plead guilty, to which Mr McCarthy replied: "Because he was attacked. CNI source report

Case subjects

Martin Mongan

Convicted Person

Finding: Found guilty

Outcome: Found guilty; Photo: Collins) A man who drove his truck at a van containing family members he was feuding with, causing a three-way collision with the innocent occupants of a car on a busy road, has been jailed for three years. The judge handed down a four-year sentence and suspended the final year on a number of conditions.