Man jailed for hijacking car with 3 children

A MORNING school run turned to terror and gunfire when a drug-crazed man hijacked a car with three children.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 01:00

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

During the ensuing garda operation, Noel Price drove at and tried to run down gardaí and was eventually forced to stop when armed members of the Regional Support Unit fired through the windscreen of the car.

Price, aged 33, of Kileely, Limerick, was jailed yesterday for five years at Limerick Circuit Court and banned from driving for 20 years.

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Courts Crime Place: Kileely, Limerick Place: Watchhouse Cross Place: Limerick Place: Old Cratloe Road Place: Woodview Place: Caherdavin Person: Noel Price Person: Price Person: Garda Neil O’Gorman Person: Carroll Moran Person: Eddie Ryan Person: Pat Brennan Person: James Bourke Person: Denis Counihan Person: Moran Organisation: Regional Support Unit Organisation: Limerick Circuit Court

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