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Kavan Keenan has been ordered to stand trial after a woman reportedly sustained “potentially life-changing” injuries.
Kavan Keenan playing for Antrim GAA
Antrim GAA player Kavan Keenan was today ordered to stand trial accused of causing serious injury to a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident.
Appearing in the dock of Ballymena Magistrates Court, the 26-year-old confirmed he was aware of the two charges against him, both allegedly committed on October 26 last year.
Keenan, from Millfield in Ballymena, is accused of causing grievous bodily injury by driving carelessly on the Glenravel Road and with aggravated vehicle theft causing serious injury.
Kavan Keenan playing for Antrim GAA
News in 90 seconds – 11th August 2025
The charges arise after a Peugeot Partner van struck a pedestrian on the Glenravel Road in Martinstown just before 9pm that Saturday evening.
At the time, it was reported that the victim, a woman in her 30s, sustained “potentially life-changing” injuries as a result of the hit-and-run incident.
The allegedly stolen van was recovered later that evening and it was found to have sustained frontal damage.
In court today, defence counsel Patrick Taggart conceded there was a prima facie case against Keenan.
Keenan, who plays for his county side as well as Antrim league team All Saints GAC, declined to exercise his rights to comment on the charges or to call evidence on his own behalf.
Returning the case to Antrim Crown Court and scheduling the arraignment to be heard on September 17, District Judge Nigel Broderick granted legal aid and freed Keenan on his own bail of £500 (€578).
Arising from same incident Keenan’s father, 55-year-old Joseph Jude John Keenan, also from Millfield in Ballymena, was charged with attempting to obstruct a constable “in the execution of his duty.”
It will be remaining in the Magistrates Court and after defence solicitor Niall Murphy asked the that case to be adjourned until after his son is arraigned, Judge Broderick adjourned the case against Joseph Keenan to September 18.