Co Down man gets five years for manslaughter

A County Down man has been jailed for five years for the manslaughter of a local man he ran over with a stolen car in Dundalk town centre in 2005 following a row over alleged remarks to a woman.

Conor O'Reilly, aged 27 with an address at Kildarragh Close, Warrenpoint Road, Newry pleaded guilty in July to the manslaughter of Mr Brendan Leggett on Park Street, Dundalk on September 10, 2005.