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Buncrana man pleads guilty to
eight-death crash
22.07.14
A BUNCRANA man has
pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the
deaths of eight men in a car crash near Clonmany in
2010.
Shaun Kelly of Hill Road, Ballymagan dramatically
changed his plea today having previously pleaded not
guilty to the charge.
A jury of six men and six women had been sworn in at
Letterkenny Circuit Court this morning when the
change in plea came. The crash happened at Meenaduff
on the main road between Buncrana and Clonmany, on
July 11, 2010. |
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The men who died in the
crash were Hugh Friel, 66, Urris, Clonmany; Eamon
McDaid, 22, Ballymagan, Buncrana; Mark McLaughlin,
21, Ballinahone, Fahan; Paul Doherty, 19, Ardagh,
Ballyliffin; Ciaran Sweeney, 19, Ballyliffin; PJ
McLaughlin, 21, Rockstown, Burnfoot; James McEleney,
23, Meenaduff, Clonmany; and Damien McLaughlin, 21,
Umricam, Buncrana.
Judge John O'Hagan remanded Mr Kelly (25) on
continuing bail until December 9. He also asked the
families to prepare victim impact statements for
that sitting. |
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