Teenager gets six-year driving ban after joyriding spree

Stolen car collided with vehicle of elderly woman in shopping centre car park

The scene of the collision in January. Picture:  Damian Coleman

A six-year driving ban was imposed on a 17-year-old who went on a dangerous driving spree that culminated in a collision with an elderly woman at the car park of Blackpool shopping centre.

Inspector Brian O’Donovan said at the Children’s Court in Cork District Court: “On January 14 the accused had taken a car and went on a driving spree, eventually colliding with a vehicle driven by an elderly person.