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Case No. 22229Dangerous driving; reckless endangerment; public order (firework thrown at a person); motoring offences · Co. Offaly · 19 Jun 2022

Jake Colleran fined and banned for four years over multiple motoring and public order offences in Tullamore

Jake Colleran, 19, of Clara, County Offaly, pleaded guilty at Tullamore District Court to dangerous driving, reckless endangerment and other offences arising from several incidents in 2022, including driving a car with no brakes and throwing a firework at a woman. He was fined €300, banned from driving for four years for one charge, and the remaining charges were adjourned to December 2023.

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  6. Sentenced23 Feb
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Key facts

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  • whatJake Colleran, 19, was banned from driving for four years and fined €300 at Tullamore District Court. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatOn 19 June 2022, gardai noticed a Volkswagen Passat with substantial damage to its front side during a cannonball run event at Chancery Lane, Tullamore. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe driver took a sudden sharp right turn at a roundabout and passed a large tractor and trailer on the bend. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe driver lost control and drove down a farm lane, narrowly missing a pedestrian who had to jump into a ditch. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe car had no insurance or brakes. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatColleran was an unaccompanied learner driver and the vehicle was dangerously defective. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatOn 28 November 2022, Colleran refused to stop when signalled in a BMW at Beechmount House, Kilbeggan Road, Clara, and took off at high speed. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatOn 23 December 2022, Colleran was found in a drunken condition at Hayes Cross, Tullamore, and was abusive to gardai and the public. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatOn 30 September 2022, a firework was thrown at a woman from a Ford Focus at Applegreen, Main Street, Tullamore, hitting her right foot. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatColleran had a previous conviction for speeding in excess of 120kph dating from 8 December 2021. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • sentenceJudge Cody fined Colleran €300, banned him from driving for four years for one charge, and adjourned all other charges to 13 December 2023. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • sentenceA probation report was ordered. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • otherColleran was an apprentice mechanic but was unemployed at the time of sentencing. (offalyexpress.ie)
  • otherColleran had a seven-week-old child at the time of sentencing. (offalyexpress.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 23 Feb2023
    Sentencedoffalyexpress.ie, first report
    Gardai followed Offaly teenage driver whose car had no brakes

    Sentencing report covering multiple incidents: dangerous driving in a car with no brakes (June 2022), refusing to stop in a BMW (November 2022), drunkenness and abusive behaviour (December 2022), and throwing a firework at a woman (September 2022). Fined €300, banned four years for one charge, others adjourned to 13 December 2023.

    accused, Jake Colleran, 19, male, named, irish (judged from name)Jake Colleranvictim, female