DPP: Driver who caused death of child should have been jailed

Appeal against sentence given to truck driver who was fined €1,500 for careless driving that caused death of Estlin Wall, 3

Senan O'Flaherty pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death, and careless driving causing serious bodily harm. File picture

A truck driver who was fined €1,500 for careless driving that caused the death of a three-year-old girl should have been given a custodial sentence, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has told the Court of Appeal.

Appealing the sentence as unduly lenient, Shane Costelloe, counsel for the DPP, said the message sent out is that people who drive carelessly might "get away with no sentence whatsoever".