Jail for Cork teenager who stole car and nearly hit garda car during high-speed chase

Gardaí also found €1,140 of cannabis herb and Alprazolam tablets with a value of €102in his bedroom and in a shed at his home

19-year-old Cian O’Leary was jailed for seven months. File picture

A teenager sped off from gardaí in a stolen car, narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with another garda car and in a follow-up search a stash of drugs was found at his home.

19-year-old Cian O’Leary of Churchfield Terrace, Churchfield, Cork, was jailed for seven months at Cork District Court and banned from driving for four years.