Teen drove sideways and collided with patrol car

A youth who drove sideways and sped in a pedestrian area before colliding head-on with a patrol car during a high-speed pursuit has been banned from driving for six years.

The boy is aged 17 and from Dublin. He was spared a custodial sentence after he pleaded guilty to criminal damage and multiple counts of dangerous driving in connection with the 25- minute chase in north Dublin on the night of January 17. Judge John O’Connor also ordered the

teenager must stay out of trouble for the next year and a half, and accept guidance from the Probation Service to divert him from re-offending.