A man who killed his nephew after crashing a stolen van while over the legal alcohol limit has been given a 14-month sentence.
The 39-year-old pleaded guilty to causing the death of Sean McAlonan by driving carelessly and with excess alcohol.But the judge told Antrim Crown Court that, given the aggravating features, a prison sentence was inevitable.Standing alongside McAlonan in the dock was 30-year-old Kieran Kane, from Cushendall Road, Ballypatrick, Ballycastle.
The court heard that on 25 November 2018 McAlonan and his nephew, Sean, had been at a wedding but ended up at Hunters Bar in Ballyvoy.Despite drinking alcohol for the majority of the day McAlonan found the unlocked Citroen van the pub car park and, with the key left in the glove box, decided to drive home at 06:00 GMT.
According to an agreed basis of plea, McAlonan was not speeding or driving erratically as he drove to town along the Glenshesk Road but six miles outside the the town centre, the stolen van left the road and crashed into a tree. Sean McAlonan, who was 21, sustained fatal injuries and the van caught fire a short time after the crash.At hospital doctors took a blood sample from McAlonan three-and-a-half hours after the crash and he was found to be one-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit.
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