Judge asks DPP to consider prosecution over crash claim

A High Court judge has asked the DPP to consider taking a criminal prosecution against a Co Limerick man for falsely claiming damages arising from a road crash. Judge Colm MacEochaidh, following a civil hearing in Limerick, instructed that the court’s digital audio recording of the case along with relevant papers be sent to the DPP.

The digital audio recording has replaced court stenographers and records everything said in court.

The case involved Padraig Lynch, aged 24, of Pound Street, Ballingarry Co Limerick who sought damages for neck and back injuries he claimed were sustained when he was struck by a taxi at O’Connell Avenue, Limerick.