Would-be carjacker could not use automatic transmission

A man who tried to hijack a car with an automatic transmission, but fled when he realised he couldn’t drive it, has today been sentenced to three years in prison.

Would-be carjacker could not use automatic transmission

A man who tried to hijack a car with an automatic transmission, but fled when he realised he couldn’t drive it, has today been sentenced to three years in prison.

Gavin O’Leary (20) of Downpatrick Road, Crumlin, and another man dragged Hugh O’Neill from his black BMW just after he had parked on Dublin’s Fitzwilliam Square.

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