'Fast cars are my heroin' says man who knocked down garda and rammed patrol cars

A Limerick criminal who knocked down a garda and rammed a bus and two garda patrol cars, whilst driving a high-powered stolen BMW, told gardaí after his arrest: "I'm addicted to fast cars".

'Fast cars are my heroin' says man who knocked down garda and rammed patrol cars

A Limerick criminal who knocked down a garda and rammed a bus and two garda patrol cars, whilst driving a high-powered stolen BMW, told gardaí after his arrest: "I'm addicted to fast cars", writes David Raleigh.

Jamie Marshall, who was banned from driving at the time, also told arresting officers: "Fast cars are my heroin," Limerick Circuit Court heard.

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