US drunk driver jailed for six years for dancer’s death

A FORMER US National Guardsman has been jailed for six years for killing a teenage dancer from Clare while driving drunk.

The Pittsburgh judge said he initially thought Joseph Livoti deserved a longer sentence, but agreed to the plea bargain in part because of letters requesting leniency he received from the family of Margaret Brohan.

The letters expressed grief for the loss of a “marvellously talented human being,” and an appreciation for the remorse shown by Livoti, Judge David Cashman said.