Convicted drug dealer given five-year sentence for high-speed chase

A convicted drug dealer who overturned a stolen car after loosing control of it during a high speed garda chase has been given a five year sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Jeffrey Finnegan (aged 28) of Rathvilley Drive, Finglas, received a six year sentence in 2000 when he was 19-years-old after he was caught holding cocaine and ecstasy worth an estimated £150,000 for another person.