Darragh Carroll jailed for dangerous pursuit in stolen car

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Darragh Carroll was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for stealing a car and endangering the public during a dangerous drive through Balbriggan, Co Dublin, on April 22nd, 2021. He had pleaded guilty to stealing a Renault Fluence, endangerment, two criminal damage charges and driving without a licence.

The court heard that Carroll, who was disqualified from driving, sped away from gardaí in the stolen car, ran red lights and stop signs, drove on a footpath and travelled the wrong way on residential streets. He swerved around a pedestrian before crashing into a wooden pillar and fleeing; gardaí arrested him nearby. The judge imposed concurrent prison terms of three years for endangerment and two years each for criminal damage and car theft, suspending the final 18 months on condition he remain under Probation Service supervision. Carroll was also disqualified from driving for five years. The report said he had been on remand since August 2024 after a bench warrant was executed.