Man deliberately rammed car into another thinking occupants insulted daughter's disability

The court heard the incident arose from a case of mistaken identity where the victims were not the intended targets of the crime

Carl Finnegan (pictured) got a 20-month sentence which she suspended in full. Picture: Collins Courts

A man who intentionally crashed his mother's car into another car containing two people in a case of mistaken identity has avoided a jail term.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Carl Finnegan (34) was looking for a person he had heard had insulted his daughter with reference to her disability.