Man jailed for two years after Dublin car chase

A man who was being pursued by 20 Garda patrol cars and a Garda helicopter in a "high-speed car chase", because he was driving a stolen Mercedes for a promised eighth of heroin, has been jailed for two years.

Wayne Callaghan (aged 27) of Harelawn Park, Clondalkin, Dublin, pleaded guilty to driving the vehicle, two charges of dangerous driving and reckless endangerment on November 28, 2003, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The charges represented a sample of 13 offences against him.