Jonas Alves receives suspended sentence for careless driving death

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Jonas Alves received a six-month prison sentence, suspended in full, for one count of careless driving causing death at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Judge Elma Sheahan reduced a nine-month headline sentence to six months and imposed a six-month bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.

Alves pleaded guilty. The offence occurred at Ballinteer Avenue, Ballinteer, on 8 April 2019, and Treasa McKiernan died on 13 April 2019. Garda Patrick Murphy agreed that the prosecution was based on the motorcycle's speed, with no other aggravating factors, and that Alves said he tried to avoid the collision. The proceedings were reported on 17 May 2023.