Jail for driver in ‘Russian roulette’ chase with gardaí in Limerick

An unemployed man involved in a high-speed Garda chase, driving a new car he bought for €30,500, engaged in behaviour akin to Russian roulette, a court heard.

Martin McDonagh, aged 28, of the unofficial halting site, Coonagh, Limerick, was jailed yesterday, at Limerick Circuit Court, for nine years with three suspended, for offences of reckless endangerment arising from his driving, and for other crimes of violence.

Judge Tom O’Donnell said it was the luck of God nobody was killed during the chase on January 21, 2015.