Young driver banned after fleeing from gardaí in Cork at 200 km/h

Judge Colm Roberts said: 'You are full of the future but if you drive like that you will kill your future.'

The court heard a garda saw Mr Stokes driving at 150 km/h in a 120 km/h zone. File picture: Billy Higgins

A young driver who sped away from gardaí at 200 km/h has been banned from driving by a judge in the district court.

Prosecuting Sergeant Linda O’Leary told Fermoy District Court that Connie Stokes, 18, of St Anthony’s Park, Hollyhill, Cork, was detected breaking the speed limit in a Volkswagen Passat on March 14, 2024, on the M8 motorway at Ballybeg, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.