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01/09/2003
Drink-driver who killed two young women receives four years
A drink-driver who caused a fatal car crash in which two young women died has been handed down a four-year sentence today at Craigavon Crown Court.
Mary Celine Mullin, 55, from Beragh in County Tyrone was found to be three-and-a-half times over the legal limit when her 4x4 crashed into another car while travelling on the wrong side of the M1 motorway between Lurgan and Moira.
Laura Robinson, 21, from Portadown and Leigh Creany, 19, from Lurgan died in the collision on June 5 last year.
Earlier this year Mullin, who was seriously injured in the crash, changed her plea, admitting to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit.
Sentencing Mullin today, Judge Desmond Curran, suggested that she should be allowed to serve her sentence in the hospital wing. Mullin who was weeping in the dock, and had to be supported by a prison officer as the sentence was read out, was also banned from driving for six years.
It is understood that Mullin, who was allegedly found asleep behind the wheel earlier on June 5, 2002 by two police officers, was subsequently allowed to continue on her way.
A complaint has been lodged with the Police Ombudsman regarding the incident and is currently under investigation.
Prior to the head-on crash, Mullin had made a u-turn on the motorway and headed back towards Moira travelling the wrong way in the fast lane of the motorway driving into oncoming rush-hour traffic.
(SP)
Mary Celine Mullin, 55, from Beragh in County Tyrone was found to be three-and-a-half times over the legal limit when her 4x4 crashed into another car while travelling on the wrong side of the M1 motorway between Lurgan and Moira.
Laura Robinson, 21, from Portadown and Leigh Creany, 19, from Lurgan died in the collision on June 5 last year.
Earlier this year Mullin, who was seriously injured in the crash, changed her plea, admitting to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst unfit.
Sentencing Mullin today, Judge Desmond Curran, suggested that she should be allowed to serve her sentence in the hospital wing. Mullin who was weeping in the dock, and had to be supported by a prison officer as the sentence was read out, was also banned from driving for six years.
It is understood that Mullin, who was allegedly found asleep behind the wheel earlier on June 5, 2002 by two police officers, was subsequently allowed to continue on her way.
A complaint has been lodged with the Police Ombudsman regarding the incident and is currently under investigation.
Prior to the head-on crash, Mullin had made a u-turn on the motorway and headed back towards Moira travelling the wrong way in the fast lane of the motorway driving into oncoming rush-hour traffic.
(SP)
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