Man jailed for car hijack and Garda chase

A Romanian national has been jailed for four years after he walked along the M50 before hijacking a car at Dublin Airport and getting involved in a dangerous chase with gardaí.

Thu, 12 May, 2016 - 01:00

Sonya McLean

Petrica Lucaci, aged 26, had a minor accident at an M50 toll booth before he abandoned his car and walked for a number of hours to Dublin Airport.

He knocked down a taxi-driver after driving onto a pedestrian median while trying to escape in a BMW he had just hijacked.

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Courts Place: Dublin Airport Place: M50 Place: Naul Rd.Place: Ballymun Road Roundabout Place: Beaumont Hospital Place: Lower Dominick St Place: Ireland Place: Romania Person: Petrica Lucaci Person: Lucaci Organisation: BMW Organisation: Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

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