Taxi driver spared jail in Killarney cyclist death case

A taxi driver who admitted perverting the course of justice in a road traffic accident in which a young cyclist lost his life near Killarney, has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

Rabiul Alam, aged 39, of Countess Grove, Killarney, told the garda at the scene near a junction on the main Killarney to Dingle Road he had not been in collision with 19-year-old Shane Courtney’s bike.

He said another car which was travelling immediately behind him was the car which had struck the cyclist, Tralee Circuit Criminal Court had heard previously.