'Utterly lacking in merit': appeal brought by driver who left man with 'catastrophic brain injuries' is rejected

Aaron Cassidy of Cranleymore, Edgeworthstown, County Longford has lost his appeal against a five-year prison sentence imposed for dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm. The Court of Appeal rejected the appeal as "utterly lacking in merit" and "bordering on unstatable". President of the Court of Appeal Mr Justice George Birmingham stated the original sentence was "generous" and "very lenient", and that he and…