Man jailed for two years over role in staged car accident

Forty-seven-year-old Thomas O'Neill of Glenmore Green in Ballyboden pleaded guilty to one count of deception in relation to the collision between two cars near Firhouse in Tallaght on 1 February 2013.

Garda Kevin Bowen told Prosecuting Counsel Edward Doocey that a white Toyota Celica rear-ended a Mazda car at a roundabout in Woodstown near Firhouse in Tallaght on 1 February 2013. No injuries were reported. Mellor began a personal injuries claim but after receiving advice that she had taken it too late, she did not proceed. She had also claimed she did not recognise anyone in the other car.

The court heard O'Neill has 70 previous convictions, including 17 for driving without insurance and four for dangerous driving. Wilson also had addiction issues. She was also a full-time carer for her 15-year-old son who had been involved in a separate road traffic accident in which he was paralysed from the waist down and her daughter also had health issues. The court was told she was not in a position to pay back any of the money she had received in the personal injuries settlement.

He said Deirdre Mellor was remorseful, had not made any gain for herself and had stopped her claim at a certain point. He sentenced her to two years but suspended it in full.

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