Court hears how man mowed down Dublin pedestrians

A Nigerian man drove down a busy pedestrianised street at 60 mph knocking down shoppers like "skittles in a bowling alley", Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

The incident happened at lunch time on Dublin's Henry Street and witnesses described a Ford Escort as turning from O'Connell Street and the engine being revved. Horrified onlookers were thrown into the air before the car plowed into the back of a yellow Siac construction van.