A 21-year-old Dublin man who was involved in a series of car jackings and rammed a garda car has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Patrick Healy from Buttercup Park in Darndale had faced a maximum of life imprisonment following his crime spree in Monaghan in September 2004.
He pleaded guilty at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court to a total of nine charges including false imprisonment, assault, robbery and the unlawful taking of a car.
Mr Healy and an accomplice had stolen a jeep in Dublin and had proceeded to rob a filling station in Monaghan. During their escape, they rammed a garda car.
As a result their jeep was damaged and they then forced another car off the road. Travelling at a speed of up to 185kph in a second stolen car, the defendant who was driving crashed, killing his friend and accomplice.
He later stole another car belonging to a nurse who had stopped to give assistance.
