Ireland Named in reporting
William Lawrence
Born 1985, from the ages reported. 7 reports across 1 case, 14 Oct 2021 to 29 May 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted, accused, suspect
- Born
- 1985, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Endangerment; dangerous driving; no insurance
- Where
- Co. Longford
- Reporting
- 7 reports, 14 Oct 2021 to 29 May 2022
- Outlets
- offalyexpress.ie, longfordleader.ie, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced for endangerment and dangerous driving in Longford Endangerment; dangerous driving; no insurance · Co. Longford
On 22 March 2021, William Lawrence, a 36-year-old man from Co Cavan, drove a grey Peugeot at approximately 80km/h in a 13-minute pursuit through Longford town after Gardaí John Hanley and Ronan Duffy attempted to stop him. Garda Hanley's hand was caught in the driver's side window as the car moved forward, and the vehicle crashed into a wall near a creche in Ardnacassa. Twenty-two empty cans of Carlsberg were found in the car and Lawrence's blood alcohol reading was 235mg per 100ml. Lawrence pleaded guilty to two counts of endangerment, two counts of dangerous driving and no insurance at Longford Circuit Criminal Court in October 2021, and was sentenced in May 2022 to four and a half years in prison with the final 18 months suspended for four years.
Sentenced, 26 May 2022Convicted, accused, suspect · 7 reports
Timeline
every report naming William Lawrence, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 29 May2022Drunk driver found with 22 empty beer cans in car after high speed garda chase in the Midlandsconvicted, William Lawrence, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)William Lawrence
- 26 May2022Drunk driver found with 22 empty beer cans in car after high speed garda chase in Longford jailed for three yearsconvicted, William Lawrence, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)William Lawrence
- 26 May2022Driver almost 11 times over legal limit is jailedsuspect, William Lawrence, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)William Lawrence
- 30 Jan2022Man found with 22 empty beer cans in car following high speed chase in Midlands remanded in custodyaccused, William Lawrence, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)William Lawrence
- 28 Jan2022Man found with 22 empty beer cans in car following high speed Longford garda chase remanded in custodyaccused, William Lawrence, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)William Lawrence
- 16 Oct2021Man in high speed car chase in Midlands pleads guilty to two counts of endangermentaccused, William Lawrence, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)William Lawrence
- 14 Oct2021Longford man in high speed car chase pleads guilty to two counts of endangermentaccused, William Lawrence, 36, male, named, irish (judged from name)William Lawrence
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