DPP set to appeal driver’s sentence

The DPP is to appeal against the sentence handed down to Shaun Kelly, the Donegal man found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people.

Kelly was in December sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, with the final two years suspended. He was also banned from driving for 10 years.

The 26-year-old truck driver, of Hill Rd, Buncranaha, pleaded guilty to the charge last July and was sentenced by Judge John O’Hagan at Letterkenny Circuit Court.