Helen Hourigan jailed for stealing Mercedes and criminal damage

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Helen Hourigan was sentenced to two and a half years, with the final year suspended, for stealing a Mercedes-Benz and criminal damage at Dublin Circuit Criminal, reported on 27 March 2017.

The offences followed an incident at the Dropping Well pub in Milltown, Dublin, where she reversed the stolen car into its smoking area while Ross Kelly held onto it.

Judge Martin Nolan said Hourigan had driven dangerously and accepted that she had taken steps to address her drug addiction.