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LEAVING the scene of a crash, tak- ing his girlfriend’s car without con- sent and then assaulting a Garda superintendent has landed an Ennis man with jail sentences totalling 22 months.
David King of Ballaghboy, Doora, in Ennis was also banned from driv- ing for a total of 20 years after his ac- tions on the night of October 15 last at Ballykinnacorra in north Corofin.
The 22-year-old pleaded guilty last
week before Corofin District Court to all charges.
Judge Joseph Mangan heard from Supt Eamon Dolan that he was off duty on the night when he witnessed a hit-and-run on a car in Corofin vil- lage.
““T followed him in my car and saw the defendant pull in at a house. I approached him produced my iden- tification and told him what I had witnessed”, the superintendent told WeomeOltv am
‘He said ‘you’re not sticking that
on me’ and then struck me on the up- per lip with his forehead.”
Supt Dolan told the court that he arrested King. There was €550 worth of damage done to the other car which King had paid and the court heard he had also apologised in person to Supt Dolan.
King’s solicitor, Catriona Carmo- dy, said that her client had a chronic alcohol problem, which he is now CCN Daremaysleee
After he heard that King had two previous convictions going back four
years, Judge Mangan gave him a five month prison sentences on each of four charges of drink driving, tak- ing a car without consent, assaulting the superintendent and driving un- insured. He also sentenced King to two months for leaving the scene and banned him from driving for a total of 20 years.
The judge set bail in the event of an appeal at €1,000 of King’s own bond, with an independent surety of €1,000 and a cash lodgement of an O0L OF