Charlesland Woman In Court For Alleged Hit & Run

It’s a fair cop…?

harlesland woman Carmel Connors appeared at a sitting of Bray District Court this week over an alleged hit and run.

The Alderborough Manor resident was in court for the finalisation of her sentence, with a probation report being handed in.

The charge arose from an incident on July 28th 2024, when the defendant lost control of her car in Newtown and allegedly struck a woman who was waiting at a bus stop.

According to a report in today’s Bray People, Ms Connors is accused of leaving the scene.

Later identified by Gardaí, the court was told that the accused had previously been stopped at a Garda checkpoint in August 2019 and was discovered to have no road tax or insurance. In January 2020, the prosecution also alleges that Ms Connors drove away from another Garda checkpoint.

In regard to the Newtown charge, the court was told that the accused believes her brakes failed to work correctly at the time of the collision, whilst solicitor for the defence, Michael O’Connor, said that his client had fully engaged with the Probation Service and in the process “gained an insight into her offending“.

It was also noted by the defence that Ms Connors had 11 previous convictions, although Sergeant Mick Dee told the court that he could find no record of these after checking all Garda databases.

Judge David Kennedy adjourned the matter for finalisation on Monday, February 16th.