Witness in Mr Moonlight trial given suspended sentence for careless driving causing death

A central witness in the Mr Moonlight murder trial was today given a fully suspended one-year jail sentence and a one-year driving ban, after she admitted a charge of careless driving causing the death of a “master craftsman” carpenter, three years ago. Mary Lowry, 57, Green Road, Dundrum, Co Tipperary, wept at Clonmel Circuit Criminal Court as Judge Catherine Staines imposed the sentence after having heard emotional testimony from the victim’s family.

Ms Lowry admitted driving her grey coloured Volkswagen Passat without due care or attention thereby causing the death of” father of five, Patrick Connolly. READ MORE: No Mr Moonlight retrial - as court rejects Patrick Quirke's appeal of conviction for murder of Bobby Ryan The fatal collision occurred on the N24 Waterford to Limerick road, close to an entrance to Bansha Woods, Spring House, Bansha, Co Tipperary, around 12.45pm, on December 28, 202

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