Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed.
Anthony McGinn.
A driver who caused the deaths of two teenage girls while bringing them to their debs ball has been jailed for seven years.
Best friends Kiea McCann (17) and Dlava Mohammed (16) were killed in the road crash in Monaghan on July 31, 2023.
The teenagers and two other students, including Dlava’s sister Avin, were being driven to their debs ball by family friend, Anthony McGinn, when he crashed into a tree.
McGinn (62), of Drumloo in Monaghan, was today jailed having pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of the two teenage girls.
Anthony McGinn.
He had also admitted to a further charge of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to Avin Mohammed.
Monaghan Circuit Court last week heard that McGinn was travelling at speeds of up to 151 km/h on the night of the fatal collision.
Evidence was also given that he had ignored the pleas of his passengers to slow down before he crashed along the N54 at Legnakelly, near Clones.
This morning Judge John Aylmer said that McGinn showed a reckless disregard and drove at grossly reckless speed, while breaching the trust placed in him to drive the teenagers to their debs.
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He said the offending was the upper end of the scale and said it warranted a headline sentence of nine years.
Judge Aylmer said he was taking into account mitigating factors including the guilty plea, and sentenced McGinn to a total of seven years imprisonment.
He was also banned from driving for 15 years.
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