Convicted motorists to sue State over notices

Dozens of motorists wrongly convicted following the fixed-charge notice scandal are refusing to co-operate with gardaí trying to appeal their convictions and plan to sue the State.

A Kerry solicitor says some of the motorists he is representing have suffered serious consequences, but there has been no explanation as to how this happened or any disclosure of documents from Garda HQ.

One of his clients, a woman with a family and invalid husband, was sent to Limerick prison as a result, he said. It emerged earlier this year that 14,700 people wrongly received convictions and court-imposed penalties, including the imposition of penalty points, despite never being sent a fixed-charge notice.