The heartbroken daughter of a man who was killed by a drink-driver at Christmas has asked a judge to hand down a suspended sentence as she "didn't want another family to lose a father". The heartbroken daughter of a man who was killed by a drink-driver at Christmas has asked a judge to hand down a suspended sentence as she "didn't want another family to lose a father". Last month, a judge sentenced Mr Jordan to one-year in jail for careless driving, which was suspended for three years, and disqualified him from driving for two years. He imposed a three-month sentence, suspended for three years, on the drunken driving charge. "We didn't want him to go to jail, but I was happy that he was given a suspended sentence because it showed how serious the offence was.

Source: Irish Independent December 25, 2018 18:22 UTC