Driver who smashed into garda car during high speed chase claimed he didn't mean it
A man who rammed into a patrol car during a high-speed pursuit in Co Donegal badly injuring a Garda was drunk and uninsured.The brave Gardai lined their patrol car across a road in a bid to stop Tierney from escaping while being pursued by other detectives in an unmarked patrol car.Tierney, who reached speeds of up to 135kph, failed to stop and struck the patrol car which subsequently struck Garda O'Dowd who was standing behind the car.
Tierney struck the patrol car which in turn was shunted, striking Garda O'Dowd. Tierney was arrested at the scene but was resisting aggressively and shouting at Gardai and taken to Letterkenny Garda Station while Garda O'Dowd was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital. Tierney also faced two charges of robbing two women during separate incidents in the car park of the Courtyard Shopping Centre in Letterkenny on February 24th and February 26th, 2019 while he was out on bail for the incident involving the ramming of the Garda patrol car.
Ms Cooke in her victim impact statement told how she had grown up for most of her life living on Main Street but she never thought it would be a place she would grow to fear. She added that while Tierney had taken her wallets, cards and cash, he had taken something much more valuable from her - her confidence.
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