Cornelius Price jailed for endangering a garda

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Cornelius Price was jailed for three years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 24 February 2017 after being convicted of endangering a garda. The sentence was backdated to his conviction on 17 February 2017.

Price drove a van at high speed towards Garda Gary Dillane at Balbriggan Garda station in Co Dublin on 22 January 2014, forcing him to jump clear.

Judge Patricia Ryan treated the offence against a garda on duty as an aggravating factor. She also considered Price’s educational and voluntary work, his family circumstances and time already spent in custody on a separate charge, on which he was later acquitted.