THE driver of the car in which two Cork city teenagers were killed earlier this year had been an escaped prisoner.

The drivers of two cars convicted by a jury of dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers were jailed today – one for six years, the other for four.

THE sentencing judge in the case against the two men who caused the deaths of two teenagers in Knocknaheeny last May apologised that it could not go ahead yesterday because one defence senior counsel was not present in court.

The jury in a trial relating to the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May returned verdicts of guilty against both accused men this evening.

THE jury in a trial related to the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May was invited by the prosecution yesterday to take the view that the deaths were caused by the joint driving of the two accused.

THE jury in the trial relating to the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May was discharged from dealing any further with one of the accused yesterday.

Three of the six men on trial on charges arising out of a series of incidents culminating in the death of two teenagers on the road in Knocknaheeny last May were found not guilty this afternoon and walked free from the case.

DETAILED evidence was given in a trial yesterday of what was seen in the seconds before two cars crashed, resulting in the deaths of two teenagers.

A TRIAL related to the crashing of two cars that resulted in the deaths of two teenagers will continue on Monday following legal argument in the absence of the jury.

A TEENAGER who claimed attackers danced on his head, threw him into the boot of a car and drove him to a cemetery, denied yesterday he would say anything in support of his own gang to get other men convicted.

A COMPLICATED trial of six men facing different charges arising out of a series of incidents culminating in the road deaths of two teenagers in Knocknaheeny, Cork, last May has been listed for trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on November 23.

TWO teenagers suffered multiple fatal injuries when the car in which they were travelling struck the side of a house, an inquest heard yesterday.

BOOKS of evidence were served yesterday on two men accused of dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers in Cork last May.

Books of evidence were served today on two men accused of dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers in Cork last May.

A 27-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers who were passengers in the car he was driving.

THREE more men were charged yesterday with false imprisonment arising from a Garda investigation into a car crash which claimed the lives of two teenagers in Cork city last May.

A CORKMAN will be tried by judge and jury on charges of dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers in Cork earlier this year, the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed.

A charge of dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers was brought against a man who made an unsuccessful bail application today.

A SIXTH person has been arrested in connection with the fatal road crash in Knocknaheeny earlier this month which led to the deaths of two teenagers.

A man in his 20s is being questioned by gardaí in Cork in relation to a crash which claimed the lives of two teenagers.

FOUR people who were questioned on Thursday in relation to an incident linked to a fatal car crash the previous week have been released without charge. The three men and one woman were released from Tralee and Gurranabraher Garda Stations, with a file being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

A CLOSE friend of 19-year-old Derry O’Callaghan paid a heartbreaking tribute to the Cork city teenager during his packed-out funeral yesterday.

SINCE the fatal road accident in Knocknaheeny last Thursday night, rumours have flourished over the exact reasons behind the tragedy.

A MAN arrested and charged with false imprisonment following an investigation into a double fatal car crash in Knocknaheeny last week remains on 24-hour protection at Cork Prison since being sent there last Saturday.

THE mother of one of two teenagers killed in a two-car crash on the northside of Cork city last week has said the two teens were innocent victims and were not involved in any feud.

A man in his 20's has been arrested in Cork as part of an investigation into a car crash last Thursday in which two teenagers lost their lives.

A 40-year-old man arrested following a collision in which two teenagers were killed has appeared in court in Cork.