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Jail for man with 195 previous convictions who took off in stolen van while garda was trying to breathalyse him

Date
2015-12-01

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Cork

County
Cork

Summary

Eoin O'Sullivan, a 28‑year‑old man from Cork, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for a series of offences including dangerous driving, unlawful use of a stolen vehicle and endangerment. On 24 November 2014, Garda Blaine Feely stopped O'Sullivan on the M50 at Santry after a suspicion of dangerous driving. While the garda was partially inside the vehicle, O'Sullivan refused to stop, drove off, and later performed a U‑turn, travelling the wrong way on the M50 and the M1 before colliding with another vehicle at the Oscar Traynor Road Roundabout. He was also accused of tracing a stolen white Ford Transit box van used in a burglary in Louth. The court noted that O'Sullivan had 195 previous convictions, including dangerous driving, driving without insurance and a licence, careless driving and drink driving. Eoin O'Sullivan pleaded guilty.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Jail for man with 195 previous convictions who took off in stolen van while garda was trying to breathalyse him. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

November 24, 2014 Incident
December 2018 Incident
2015-12-01 Publication

Case subjects

Eoin O'Sullivan

Defendant

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He was later convicted and jailed and his earliest release date is December 2018. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced O'Sullivan to two and half years consecutive to the term he is currently serving.