Overview
- Resentencing by the Court of Appeal followed a successful DPP challenge that the original terms were unduly lenient.
- Judges increased the dangerous driving causing death sentence by two years with the final year suspended and ordered it to run consecutively to the firearms term.
- Coverage differs on the total: RTÉ reports 13 years in prison, while BreakingNews.ie reports 14 years with the last year suspended, pending the full written judgment.
- Court evidence showed Fogarty driving at up to 122km/h in a 50km/h zone, filming himself at speed, and spending 14 seconds wiping the car before fleeing.
- Fogarty was on bail with a ban on driving, had five outstanding warrants and 46 prior convictions, and Joe Drennan’s family said the outcome offers some measure of justice.