Ireland Crime

Reports the sentencing: six years in jail (with the last year and a half suspended), a ten-year driving ban, the judge's view of a pre-crash video as an aggravating factor, and victim impact statements.

Sentencing report. The article gives the convicted man's age as 35 in the lead and as 33 in the body. It also reports that the judge suspended the final 18 months of the sentence.

Sentencing report. The article gives two different custodial terms: six years in the opening lines and seven and a half years with the last year and a half suspended later on. It adds the judge's remarks on the 200km/h video, the victim impact statements, and the ten-year driving ban.

Sentencing report: six-year jail term (seven and a half years with the last year and a half suspended, backdated to custody), ten-year driving ban, victim impact statements, and details from texts the accused sent after the crash.

The article body is empty template markup. The headline reports a guilty verdict in the case of Paudie Palmer's death. The county is taken from the matched existing case, since the article does not name a location.

Reports the jury's guilty verdict after trial, the State's account of the collision, the medical evidence on the cause of death, and that sentencing is set for 2 May.

Reports the jury's unanimous guilty verdict after a trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. The accused was remanded in custody for sentencing on May 2, and victim impact statements and a Governor's report were ordered.

Reports the jury's guilty verdict after a trial, text messages in which the accused admitted leaving the scene drunk, the State's account of the stop-sign collision, the victim's death in hospital on January 8th, 2023, and that Bezverkhyi was remanded for sentencing on May 2nd with victim impact statements to be prepared.

Reports that the trial is hearing messages sent by the accused, who denies the charge. The article text is missing; details come from the headline only.

Reports the trial in progress: the accused denies the charge, texts he sent after the crash were translated and shown to the jury, and the case is continuing. Adds that Palmer was not wearing a seat belt, per defence counsel's questioning of the pathologist.

Day-one trial report: the prosecution outline, the first witnesses, and the allegation that Bezverkhyi sent texts admitting he left the scene. Bezverkhyi pleaded not guilty and the trial was to continue the next day.

Reports the Cork Circuit Criminal Court trial of Bohdan Bezverkhyi, who has pleaded not guilty. Adds the prosecution opening: alleged admissions in texts, a stop-sign breach, debris at the scene, the cause of death, and garda evidence that he was not intoxicated. The trial is ongoing.

Reports that on 12 February 2024 the trial was halted and the jury discharged after a juror visited the crash site, so no verdict was reached. It also gives the prosecution and defence positions and the pathologist's cause of death. Bezverkhyi had pleaded guilty to other charges linked to the same incident.

The article body is empty template code. The headline reports that the trial collapsed after a juror visited the crash scene, which matches the existing mistrial case 6568. No new details are given.

Adds that the mistrial followed a juror's visit to the crash scene, the jury discharge by Judge Colin Daly, and Bezverkhyi's guilty pleas to other charges from the same incident and a separate dangerous driving charge from 28 December 2022.

Reports that a mistrial was declared after a juror visited the crash scene. Adds that the accused pleaded guilty to other charges from the same incident and that the prosecution alleges he drove through a stop sign while drunk.

Reports the trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork with a not guilty plea to dangerous driving causing death, the prosecution's outline of evidence, and the accused's guilty pleas to related charges. It also gives the trial judge and the next court date.

Trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork: Bezverkhyi pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving causing death but pleaded guilty to other charges from the same incident and to a separate dangerous driving charge on 28 December 2022. The prosecution outlined evidence including alleged alcohol consumption, a flat tyre and a Garda interview, and the case was adjourned to the next Tuesday.

Court report on the opening of the jury trial. Records the accused's plea on the main charge and guilty pleas to related charges, and outlines the prosecution's evidence, the defence's position and the garda investigation.

Reports the accused was sent forward for trial at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on the dangerous driving causing death charge, with a court date of April 27th. Adds the accused's address, the book of evidence service, other outstanding charges (hit and run offences and a separate December 28th charge on the N22), Palmer's death on January 8th, custody and bail details, and a return date of July 20th.

Reports the book of evidence served at Bandon District Court on the dangerous driving causing death charge. The accused was sent forward to Cork Circuit Criminal Court to appear on April 27. Separate charges from December 28 and other outstanding charges are to return to the district court on July 20. Adds that Mr Palmer passed away on January 8.

Bezverkhyi charged with the more serious offence of dangerous driving causing death in addition to a new charge of dangerous driving on the N22 the day before the fatal incident; DPP directed prosecution on indictment; case adjourned to 20 April 2023 pending preparation of the book of evidence, which must be translated into Russian.

Reports the formal charging of Bezverkhyi with dangerous driving causing death under Section 53 of the Road Traffic Act and a new charge of dangerous driving on the N22 the day before the fatal incident; the DPP directed prosecution on indictment and the case is to be progressed to circuit court.

Remand hearing at Bandon District Court; four charges detailed (failing to stop, report, offer assistance, keep vehicle at scene); file nearly complete and due to DPP; possibility of further charges; remanded in custody until 27 March 2023.

Remand hearing at Bandon District Court; four specific charges detailed; investigation described as ongoing and extensive with gardaí awaiting reports before DPP directions; remand until 19 January 2023 with bail application expected.