Mother avoids jail for trying to run over daughter's attackers on footpath

The woman is a widow with three daughters and a son who had been going through “a difficult patch” at the time of the incident, the court heard.

A judge said the accused, Mary Lawrence, had taken “the law into her own hands” after being annoyed with the way gardaí had handled the incident involving her daughter. File picture: iStock

A mother of four who drove her car at speed on a footpath in an attempt to run down two teenage girls who had attacked her 14-year-old daughter has been given a three-year suspended jail sentence.

A judge said the accused, Mary Lawrence, had taken “the law into her own hands” after being annoyed with the way gardaí had handled the incident involving her daughter.