Cork woman jailed for throwing beer bottles out of car window at pursuing gardaí

Court heard accused turned to drink and drugs after finding her partner following his suicide, and her sister Karen Harrington being convicted of the murder of Santina Cawley

Michelle Harrington, 35, of 10 Ravensdale Road, Mahon, Cork, was sentenced to two years with half of it suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court by Judge Helen Boyle. Picture: Larry Cummins

A sister of the woman who was jailed for life last year for the murder two-year-old Santina Cawley at an apartment on Boreenmanna Road was sentenced to a year in prison for endangering life by throwing beer bottles out of a car pursued by gardaí.

The car was being driven by another person from the scene of a crime on St Stephen’s Day, 2021.