Drunk driver spared jail after killing pedestrian and injuring two gardaí

A drunk driver who killed a pedestrian and injured two gardaí has been given 240 hours’ community service in lieu of a four-year prison sentence and disqualified from driving for four years.

Father of two, Adrian Nestor, aged 44, of Keamsella, Kilcolgan, Co Galway, pleaded guilty before Galway Circuit Criminal Court last November to causing the death of Liam McDonnell, 66, and causing serious bodily harm to Garda Sharon Casserly, by driving dangerously near Ardrahan in the early hours of Monday, February 1 last year.

He also pleaded guilty to driving while drunk and having a blood/alcohol reading of 272mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood at the time of the fatal collision.