Woman sentenced to six years for killing man with car

A 25-year-old woman was today sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man by crushing him with her car.

Claire Nolan of Sheephill Green, Blanchardstown had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of father-of-four Michael Duffy (66) on January 26, 2008. The court had previously heard how Nolan had consumed cocaine and alcohol and “went mental”, driving her car at Mr Duffy and crushing him against the wall of his son Francis’s house.