"You left my brother to die like a dog in the road."
"the absolute opposite"
Áine Forde addressed the defendant at a sentencing hearing after her brother, James Forde, 56, was killed in a hit-and-run. The driver, Danny Connors, 30, was disqualified at the time and is described as a Traveller man. Áine Forde accused the driver of leaving her brother to die on the road and directly confronted him in court. She characterized her brother as the opposite of the defendant and expressed the depth of her grief and anger during the hearing.
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