The mother of a man who was killed by a drunk driver has said she never wants to hear from her son’s killer.
Ms Donnelly said she was left devastated when she was told Anthony had written a letter to her during the court – which she has never opened. “And when I actually saw him by pure chance when he would’ve been on weekend leave, this is the driver that was so drunk and killed two young men – my son being one of them -holding up this great big fishing coat and fishing rod, smiling. It was very hard to take in considering what had happened.”
Long, of Leadington, Leamlara, Co Cork, left the scene of the accident, leaving the two men dying in their car.Opening up about the sentence, Brendan’s grieving mum has called for tougher sentencing to be introduced. “I think sentencing is an absolute insult to the families and to the victims in this country and it needs to be addressed urgently,” she said.
The first episode will feature the horror crash which took the lives of Brendan Donnelly and Lee Salkeld in Cork in 2009. She is taking part in the series to give a voice to her son and to other families who have lost loved ones in crashes across the country. Ms Kealy said that while the crash wasn't particularly bad, with the driver escaping with just a few cuts and bruises, she suffered catastrophic injuries because of how she was sitting in the passenger seat.
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