A father-of-one who alerted gardaí to the fact that he had been responsible for a hit-and-run crash the previous night later admitted he had been drink-driving.
Anthony Corcoran (39) spoke to gardaí the morning after he knocked down
Peter Maunde, after Corocran’s father called his local gardaí in Co Cavan to tell them his son had been involved in a car accident the previous day.
Mr Maunde was pronounced dead at the scene by medics .........
............Corcoran told gardaí in subsequent interview that his fiancee, his friend and his fiancee’s friend had been out socialising that night and drinking, outlining that he had two beers and four whiskeys.
He said he had “a domestic disagreement” with his fiancee after they all returned home together and she told both men to leave her home. He and his friend drove back to Kingscourt, in Cavan separately.
He said his friend, who was driving ahead of him, rang him en route to say that he had just seen a man crossing the barrier on the motorway.
Corcoran said it was after the phone call that he hit something and although he didn’t know what it was, he definitely did not think it was a person. He and his friend later stopped their cars in Navan and examined the damage to the front of his car.
Sounds more like he didn't alert gardai at all the next day - his father did!
So Zen Jen and him had a blazing row and it reads like she sent him off in his car to drive to Cavan while locked!
And finally, he was warned by his mate that there was a man on the road before he killed him, but still drove off and claimed he didn't think it was a person.
That's what I think we can reasonably take from the above court report. Not really a good look!
Thanks @killingtime I can read a bit of that I need to sign in to get more but at least I know what to google now xx at least he came forward.
Kinda seems like he didn't come forward though - his father alerted the guards that his son had done what he did - not him