Clones crash driver set to be sentenced next week

THE MONAGHAN man who admitted dangerous driving causing the deaths of two teenage best friends almost two year ago is to be sentenced next week.
Seventeen-year-old Kiea McCann and 16-year-old Dlava Mohamed were on their way to their Largey College debs in the Westenra Arms Hotel in Monaghan town when the car they were travelling in hit a tree on the N54 at Legnakelly near Clones on July 31, 2023.
Earlier this year, Anthony McGinn (61), of Drumloo, Newbliss, pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing the deaths of the two girls at Monaghan Circuit Court.
He also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to Ms Mohammed’s sister, Avin, in the same accident.
At that hearing, in January, the court ordered a probation report to be carried out, at the request of Mr McGinn’s solicitors, given the fact that he had no criminal record.
The case was brought before the court again this week, and was adjourned for sentencing on next Wednesday, May 7.