Fast cars are my heroin, said driver who knocked down garda

A Limerick criminal who claims he is addicted to fast cars, sped through heavy city centre traffic in a stolen BMW pursued by armed gardaí, crashing into two patrol cars and a bus before knocking down a garda, a court heard.

On arrest, Jamie Marshall, aged 28, of Thomondgate, told gardaí fast cars were like his heroin addiction.

More than €10,000 worth of damage was caused to the new €40,000 BMW.