'We will never forgive you' - Cork taxi driver jailed for psychiatrist's hit-and-run death

The judge said it was callous not to have remained at the scene of the collision.

Denis McSweeney pleaded guilty to four charges related to hit-and-run, namely failing to give appropriate information to gardaí, failing to keep the vehicle at or near the occurrence, failing to report an occurrence and failing to stop his vehicle after an occurrence. Photo: Cork Courts Limited

A 75-year-old taxi driver has been jailed for four years for failing to stop after a fatal collision that resulted in the death of consultant psychiatrist Dr Martin Lawlor in December 2018.

Denis McSweeney was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin to a term of five years' imprisonment with the last year suspended.