Suspended sentence over motorcyclist’s death

A 41-year-old motorcycle enthusiast who was innocently enjoying a Saturday afternoon spin died when a car emerged onto the main road and left him with no chance to avoid it.

Yesterday, Judge Seán Ó Donnbháin imposed a one-year suspended jail sentence and a four-year driving disqualification on the driver, a woman based in the UK, who comes to Fermoy regularly to visit her parents.

Jennifer Connery, of Whitton Park, Hounslow, London, appeared at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where she previously pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, causing the death of TJ Sweetnam at Ballinrush, Kilworth, on August 22, 2015.