Accused: I was in a horse-drawn vehicle, not a car

A man accused of dangerous driving of a motorised vehicle with a registration number applied to have the charge struck out yesterday on the basis that he was in a horse-drawn vehicle at the time.

Christy O’Donoghue, aged 29, of 1 Castlejane Court, Glanmire, Co Cork, was before Cork District Court yesterday on a charge of dangerous driving of a car in the Blarney area on the date of an infamous sulky race on a dual carriageway.

Judge Olann Kelleher, who previously dealt with several other defendants facing charges arising out of the same incident, remarked yesterday that he thought all of the pending cases had been finalised.