Shaun Kelly sentence for dangerous driving set aside

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Shaun Kelly’s four-year sentence for dangerous driving causing death was set aside by the Court of Appeal on 16 November 2015. The case arose from a fatal collision on the road between Clonmany and Buncrana, Co Donegal, in which eight people died.

The court found the sentence, which included two years suspended and a 10-year driving disqualification, was unduly lenient. It held that the sentence represented a substantial departure from what was appropriate and allowed the Director of Public Prosecutions’ appeal.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.