Drink driver gets 8 months

AN EIGHT-MONTH jail sentence was imposed on the driver of a Nissan Micra who drove into a housing estate and did a handbrake turn in front of a parked Garda car.

Judge Con O’Leary had adjourned sentencing of the driver, Stephen Lowther of Michael Fitzgerald Road, Togher, Cork, on multiple charges to check an issue in relation to the service of a summons on the accused.

The judge was satisfied yesterday that service was in order and he convicted Lowther on several counts.