Man who hijacked car with a baby inside jailed for eight years 

Francis Broughan of Shangan Gardens, Ballymun, Dublin 11, was jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to the unlawful seizure of a vehicle in August 2022. Picture: Collins Courts

A man who left a 10-month-old baby between parked cars on the side of a busy Dublin road after hijacking the mother's car has been jailed for eight years.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the infant's seven-year-old brother jumped out of the Skoda car and ran into the family home to alert his mother after Francis Broughan (47) hijacked it.