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Seven years jail for death driver | |
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A Fermanagh man who admitted causing the deaths by dangerous driving of four friends 18 months ago has been jailed for seven years. | |
Daniel McDonnell, 21, from Galloon Gardens, Newtownbutler, was also banned from driving for 12 years. | |
He had been driving a car which crashed on the Moorlough Road, near Lisnaskea, in July 2006. | |
Peter Leonard and Jonathan McDonald, both 21, Anita Swift, 16, and Danica O'Rourke, 17, died in the accident. | Peter Leonard and Jonathan McDonald, both 21, Anita Swift, 16, and Danica O'Rourke, 17, died in the accident. |
McDonnell changed his plea to guilty as his trial was about to start last month. | McDonnell changed his plea to guilty as his trial was about to start last month. |
The tragedy was compounded when the bodies of the two teenage girls were wrongly identified and the Swift family given the wrong body for burial. | The tragedy was compounded when the bodies of the two teenage girls were wrongly identified and the Swift family given the wrong body for burial. |
At the time, the coroner admitted there had been "initial misidentification". | At the time, the coroner admitted there had been "initial misidentification". |