A Dublin man has been sentenced to four years in jail for leading gardaí­ on a high-speed chase, reversing into a garda sergeant and holding a large quantity of drugs. Passing sentence on Monday, Judge Martin Nolan described Dunne as a good family man and a good father who was unlikely to reoffend. Dragged sergeantAt one point, Sgt John Collins deployed a stinger device and Dunne stopped his car. Dunne then reverse-rammed a BMW Garda car, rammed a second Garda car, mounted a footpath and drove at speed towards another Garda car which avoided collision by driving on the wrong side of the road. He later put in a call to gardaí­ reporting his car had been stolen, but subsequently admitted he had been driving the car.

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2018 22:07 UTC