Court of Appeal suspends rest of 'unduly harsh' sentence for driver who killed mother, injured infant

A Dublin man who killed a young mother after falling asleep at the wheel has won his appeal against the two-year sentence he received.

A man who killed a young mother and seriously injured her 15-week-old child when he hit them with his car while in “a micro-sleep” has had the balance of a two year jail term suspended on appeal.

Dublin man Anthony Handley (aged 64), of Whitethorn Grove, Artane, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to dangerous driving causing the death of Olivia Dunne (aged 31) and serious bodily harm to Éabha Dunne in Balbriggan on January 17, 2014.