Paul Coen jailed for dangerous driving causing serious injury

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Paul Coen was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, with the final year suspended, at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 18 May 2021. His dangerous driving caused a head-on collision near Mallow on 1 December 2019, seriously injuring a woman.

The court also disqualified Coen from driving for 10 years. He pleaded guilty to refusing to provide a blood sample to gardaí checking for drink-driving.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.