Garda caught driver ‘hot as hell’ after doughnuts stunt

A 20-year-old man was caught "hot as hell" when changing his bald tyres after performing doughnuts with his Lexus car near Killarney, Co Kerry. He "volunteered" €2,500 to the court poor box to avoid a conviction for dangerous driving and the possibility of being put off the road or jailed.

Jeremiah Christopher Twomey, Umeraboy, Knocknagree, Mallow, Co Cork, will also have a speed limiter device fitted to his car until early 2018.

He pleaded guilty at Killarney District Court yesterday to a charge of dangerous driving at Lissivigeen, Killarney, on May 27 last year.