Ukrainian man gets six years for dangerous driving that caused death of Paudie Palmer

The accused man had the day before the accident recorded himself driving his BMW 5 series car at speeds of 200 kilometres per hour

Bohdan Bezverkhyi was also disqualified from driving for 10 years.

A six-year jail term was imposed on Thursday on the Ukrainian national whose dangerous driving caused the death of GAA broadcaster Paudie Palmer — as the family said the accused hurt them more by blaming their loved one for what happened.

Judge Jonathan Dunphy said: “This tragic case related to December 29, 2022, at Dunkereen Cross, Innishannon, when Mr Palmer was driving his Peugeot car along a road he was very familiar with when the defendant exited from a minor road on to the main road and was found guilty of dangerous driving causing death.”