The failure of a motorist to stay at the scene of a fatal road accident after driving over the victim’s body has been described as “reprehensible” by a judge.
The court heard that McMulkin had driven over the body of Wayne O’Neill as it lay on the carriageway of the N78 Athy-Kilkenny road at Clonbrook, Crettyard, Co Laois on January 21st, 2017, although she was not responsible for his death. The court heard that McMulkin’s teenage son, who was a passenger in the car, telephoned gardaí to alert them to the body on the road but they did not return to the scene immediately as requested.
The following day, however, she admitted that she had driven over Mr O’Neill after being cautioned when gardaí noticed a dent in the front of her vehicle. Sgt Mark O’Connell said Mr O’Neill had been wearing dark clothing on an unlit stretch of road as he was walking to his home at Cloneen, Clough, Castlecomer Co Kilkenny.
Taking the witness stand, McMulkin issued an apology to the O’Neill family for having left the scene of the incident
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