A man who admitted to dangerous driving causing the deaths of two Co Monaghan teenagers has been jailed for seven years.
61 year old Anthony McGinn of Drumloo, Newbliss pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of 17 year old Kiea McCann and 16 year old Dlava Mohammed.
On July 31st 2023, the two teenagers, Kiea and Dlava were making their way to the debs ball in the Westenra Arms Hotel in Monaghan Town along with Dlava's sister Avin.
The car they were travelling in, driven by Mr McGinn, struck a tree on the N54 at Legnakelly, Clones, killing Kiea, Dlava, and seriously injuring Avin.
The court was told last week that McGinn's white BMW was estimated to be travelling over 150km/h in an 80km/h zone prior to the collision. His impact speed when the vehicle hit the base of the tree was 121.5km/h.
Distressing scenes in court last week were evident when dashcam footage was shown to the court which showed the white BMW owned by Mr McGinn overtaking multiple cars before impacting with the tree at Legnakelly.
Judge John Aylmer sentenced Mr McGinn to seven years for each of the two charges to run concurrently and also disqualified him for driving for 15 years.
