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Serial roads offender gets four years over high speed chases
Summary
Dylan Reddington, 28, of Cherry Orchard Grove, Ballyfermot, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving offences that included high‑speed pursuits on December 15, 2020 and October 7, 2021. He drove at high speed, failed to stop for Gardaí, overtook cars dangerously, ran red lights, drove the wrong way around roundabouts, and drove on the wrong side of the road. The first pursuit ended when he collided with a concrete marker in a residential estate; he was arrested on foot. The second pursuit began on October 7, 2021, when he drove a red Ford Focus at speed up Cloverhill Road, again driving the wrong way and overtaking oncoming traffic, before being arrested in a house in Cherry Orchard. Reddington had 65 prior convictions, including dangerous driving and endangerment. He had completed 16 months of residential treatment before sentencing.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Serial roads offender gets four years over high speed chases. Charges or matters: intentionally or recklessly engaging in conduct by driving a car at high speed and failing to stop for gardaí at numerous locations in Dublin on December 15, 2020; driving a car on the wrong side of the road at high speed towards a garda car, causing it to take evasive action on October 7, 2021; dangerous driving and released on bail. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- December 15, 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 7, 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2024-04-12 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: intentionally or recklessly engaging in conduct by driving a car at high speed and failing to stop for gardaí at numerous locations in Dublin on December 15, 2020; driving a car on the wrong side of the road at high speed towards a garda car, causing it to take evasive action on October 7, 2021; dangerous driving and released on bail (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Passing sentence today, Judge Pauline Codd said Reddington had no regard for the safety of other road users and was not entitled to be on the road at the time of these offences. Judge Codd sentenced Reddington to a global sentence of four years and placed him under the supervision of the probation services for two years post-release.
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