Road-rage killer has sentence reduced

A motorist who killed another in a “road rage homicide” has had his prison sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.

Karl Donohoe, aged 33, of Fisherman’s Wharf, Ringsend, Dublin 4, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Ray Bates at the junction of Tritonville Road and Sandymount Road on September 26, 2010.

He was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with the final two suspended by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court on April 23 2012.