Cork youth appeals dangerous driving causing serious harm sentence

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

The Cork youth appealed his dangerous driving sentence at the Court of Appeal on 30 October 2020.

He had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm after hitting a toddler outside the child’s home.

The sentencing court imposed six years’ detention, suspended the final two years, and banned him from driving for 20 years.

His barrister argued that insufficient weight was given to mitigation and that a longer suspension was appropriate.

Judgment was reserved by the Court of Appeal panel, according to the report.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.