Leaving Cert student jailed for stealing car

A LEAVING Cert student, jailed yesterday for stealing a car and driving it while drunk, was told he was lucky not to be before the court for killing someone.

Eddie Murphy, 18, of 57 Kilmore Road, Knocknaheeny, Cork, is to appeal the three-month jail term imposed on him at Cork District Court.

The teenager, also charged with not having insurance, was disqualified from driving by Judge Uinsin MacGruairc for six years.