Two years jail for retired nurse who knocked down and killed pensioner

A retired nurse who was over the alcohol limit when he knocked down and killed an 87-year-old male pedestrian has been jailed for two years.

Tipperary man, Gerard Brett (aged 65), knocked Benedict (Benny) Brady seven feet in the air when he hit him on a dark and wet evening in north County Dublin. Mr Brady was taken to hospital but died six days later from his injuries.