Liam Deegan sentenced for M50 endangerment after wheelie-bin escape

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Liam Deegan was sentenced to five years for endangerment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 13 February 2019. The final 18 months were suspended on strict terms, including 12 months’ engagement with the Probation Service after release.

The offence occurred between junctions 7 and 9 on the M50 on 22 April 2017. Deegan had driven the wrong way along the motorway while evading gardaí, abandoned his Volkswagen Passat and hid in a wheelie bin.

A helicopter unit detected a heat source from the bin, where Deegan was found. He had pleaded guilty to endangerment and was unlawfully at large from Mountjoy Prison at the time.