Speeding car 'could have led to death or serious injury' for Gardaí in Cork

Suspended sentence for dangerous driving where car swerved, hit a fence, and became airborne before crashing to a halt against a traffic light

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Gardaí had to pull into the side of a junction from a car speeding in their direction at around midnight in Knocknaheeny and the sentencing judge said: “This could have led to death or serious injury.” 

Shane Harris, of 29 Mount Eden Rise, Gurranabraher, who had no previous convictions, denied being the driver of the car but Judge Con O’Leary found that the young man was the driver on the occasion and he convicted him on the charge of dangerous driving.