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A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN has been jailed for 14 months for causing the death of a couple by dangerous driving in 2017 at a sitting of Downpatrick Crown Court today.
Dean and Sandra Weir, both 52, were killed in a crash on St Patrick’s Day in 2017 after their car was struck by one driven by Charles Hugh Macartney.
Macartney was sentenced to 14 months in jail and ordered to spend a further 14 months under supervised licence. He has been also been disqualified from driving for five years until tested.
Dean and Sandra’s only child, Katie, told the BBC that justice had not been served with today’s sentencing.
“I feel our justice system lacks any justice whatsoever,” Weir said.
“I was hoping for ten years but I was expecting perhaps four. But I never would have expected a year and two months for killing two parents.
Once your family’s gone and your parents are gone, everything’s gone. At Christmas you’re on your own, you don’t celebrate birthdays, there are no cards.
“There’s no going home to your mum and saying I had a bad day. I used to go home to my mum and chat about anything and everything.
“But I don’t have that and I don’t have anybody to go home and just cry to. You cry on your own,” she said.
Constable Dinning from the PSNI’s collision investigation unit said his thoughts at this “extremely sad time” are with Katie.
“The incredibly sad reality is this loss of life and the catastrophic impact this collision has had on Katie could have been avoided.
“Katie has been cruelly deprived of the chance to share her future with two of the most important people in her life. She will never be able to lift the phone to chat with her parents, or share the many momentous milestones ahead of her. This has all been taken from her.”
Dinning added that everyone shares the responsibility for road safety.
“Our message is straightforward. All road users need to slow down; be aware of and pay attention to their surroundings. Otherwise, the results can be simply catastrophic.”
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Oh why don’t they all ‘Shuffle ‘ out the door & shut the It after themselves!
Don’t think much of any of them but if Donnelly, Foley remain then all credibility lost
@alan: absolitely. You can add D O’Brien to your list. Although having survived that futile confidence vote we’ll be looking at him for a while yet
@alan: absolutely and you can add D O’Brien to your list. However, having survived that futile confidence vote we’ll be looking at him for a while yet, unfortunately
Boo……Hisss……….Boooo!!!!!!!
Think against the odds of COVID, Brexit and international economic turmoil they have done a good job.
There is no doubt, other serious issue that need to be resolved.
@Rory: I suppose as long as you’re not one of the many people forced to live in temporary accommodation or your kids haven’t had to emigrate or your adult offspring haven’t had to move back home, and as long as you’re not in urgent need of public health or god forbid, mental health services and assuming you already own your own home then sure yeah I suppose they’re doing a grand job.
I cant wait.
It’s all a sham
Yawn more mince from this lying cheating Leak. Queue the one-liners and film quotes.
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