Judge: Nothing as appalling as a liar

A judge said yesterday that “there is nothing as appalling as a liar” after ruling that a speeding motorist perjured himself in the witness box.

At Ennis District Court yesterday, Judge Patrick Durcan said trainee accountant, Joe Sutton, aged 23, of Gurrane, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, came into court and told “a pack of lies and perjured himself” when giving sworn evidence that he did not receive a Garda fixed charge penalty notice for speeding in the post.

Mr Sutton was detected speeding at 133km/h in a 120km/h zone on a Crusheen motorway on April 22 last.