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Banned, serial driving offender who left man with brain bleed is jailed
Summary
Amy Reynolds, 38, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm after she broke a red light and collided with another car at Walkinstown Avenue and the Long Mile Road on the night of 2–3 January 2022. The impact left the other driver with a brain bleed, fractured skull and other injuries, requiring five weeks in hospital. Reynolds also admitted to leaving the scene to evade liability and driving without insurance or a licence. She was already disqualified from driving for five years at the time of the offence and had 26 previous convictions, many for traffic offences. Judge Martin Nolan imposed a headline sentence of five years, citing an "element of coercion" as a mitigating factor, but noted that a custodial term was unavoidable. He also extended her disqualification from driving for an additional five years. Amy Reynolds pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Banned, serial driving offender who left man with brain bleed is jailed. Charges or matters: dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and the Long Mile Road during the night of January 2 and 3, 2022. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- January 2 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2024-07-17 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and the Long Mile Road during the night of January 2 and 3, 2022 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Reynolds was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after she pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm at the junction of Walkinstown Avenue and the Long Mile Road during the night of January 2 and 3, 2022. In a ruling today, Judge Martin Nolan set a headline sentence of five years, adding that he would have imposed a considerably higher sentence were it not for the "element of coercion" in the case.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Walkinstown Avenue
- Dublin
- Long Mile Road
Topics
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