MOYCULLEN BOY RACER ESCAPES PRISON

Date Published: 20-Nov-2007

A boy racer from Moycullen has escaped a prison sentence because he has got rid of the racer car and is travelling to and from work in an ordinary carBefore Galway District Court was 18 year old Adrian Kelly Heskill House, TullykyneDefence solicitor, Paul Keane, said his client was only 17 when the offence occurred and he had learnt his lesson Mr. Keane said Kelly’s family viewed this episode as “a blessing” in that he had been apprehended so quickly and he asked Judge Mary Fahy to give his client a chance.Sergeant Mahon agreed with the solicitor that Kelly had learnt a lesson.Judge Fahy agreed to give Adrian Kelly a chance. She imposed an €800 fine for the dangerous driving charge and said she would not touch his licenceHowever she warned him that if he did not take this chance he could be looking at a prison sentence the next time.