A drug addict who hijacked a car from a man who had just dropped his child off at creche has been jailed for two and a half years. Thomas McDonnell was in a drug-induced psychosis when he threw himself over the bonnet of the injured party's car, told the driver to get out or he would kill him before hijacking the vehicle, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard today. Because the driver had the car key in his possession, the car was only able to go a short distance before it stopped and McDonnell fled the scene, Garda Stephen O'Shea told the court. McDonnell “threw himself across the bonnet”, the victim said, before he demanded the driver get out of the car. The driver said he was extremely glad his daughter was not still in the car with him at the time.

Source: Irish Independent June 08, 2021 16:15 UTC