Motorist who ‘lost the run of himself’ jailed

A motorist who became “unhinged and lost the run of himself” jumped into the driver’s seat of his car before taking off at speed across rural backroads in the North Cork and the only thing that stopped him was crashing into a stone wall.

John Casey, aged 35, was sentenced to three years in prison with the last one year suspended by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.