Dangerous driving trial enters closing stages

The trial of a Donegal man accused of killing his friend and seriously injuring another motorist in a dangerous driving incident in Co Louth has reached its concluding stages.

Oliver Shovelin (aged 32) of Clondallon, Rathmullen, County Donegal has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of his passenger, Mr John Sheridan, and also causing bodily harm to Ms Deirdre O'Brien at Cookstown, Ardee on July 11, 2004.