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\nKedagh Moore was walking on the Allenwood to Prosperous road on 10 November 2024 when he was struck by a van<\/p>\n
A man convicted of offences relating to a fatal hit-and-run, which resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy in Co Kildare two years ago, has been jailed for five years and nine months.<\/p>\n
Marin Silaghi, 41, a Romanian national with an address in Ballybrittas, Co Laois, left the scene of the incident which happened just 250 metres from the home of the teenage victim, Kedagh Moore.<\/p>\n
Judge Elva Duffy said the family had lost a wonderful boy and there was nothing she could say or do to change what happened.<\/p>\n
Naas Circuit Court heard how Kedagh Moore was an “adored son and beloved brother” and the tragedy had impacted the whole community.<\/p>\n
In June a jury of six women and six men found Silaghi guilty of four charges relating to the hit-and-run which happened when Kedagh Moore was out walking on the Allenwood to Prosperous road at around 12.40am on 10 November 2024.<\/p>\n
Silaghi was found guilty of failing to stop, failing to offer assistance at the scene of the crash, with the intention of evading criminal and\/or civil liability and failing to remain at the scene.<\/p>\n
The jury also found Silaghi guilty of a fourth charge of driving a vehicle which he knew or ought to have known was dangerously defective.<\/p>\n
The trial heard Silaghi had told garda\u00ed that damage to his van had been caused by a deer, after he was stopped at a checkpoint in Carbury a few hours after the collision.<\/p>\n
He then said he did not know the exact location of the crash.<\/p>\n
Detective Garda Christine Brady told the court that after his arrest, Silaghi then told garda\u00ed that he had heard a loud bang while driving which sounded like a rock, but stated he did not believe he had hit a person.<\/p>\n
The court heard the fatal collision occurred after Silaghi had visited a friend’s house where he consumed coffee, food and whiskey.<\/p>\n
Evidence was heard that Silaghi was driving within the speed limit when the fatal collision occurred.<\/p>\n
Detective Garda Brady agreed with counsel for the DPP, Jordan Fletcher BL, that the scene was dark with no public lighting and the victim was wearing dark clothing.<\/p>\n
\nKedagh Moore was walking on the Allenwood to Prosperous road on 10 November 2024 when he was struck by a van<\/p>\n
Victim impact statements tell of ‘utter devastation’ of family<\/p>\n
The court heard victim impact statements from the family of Kedagh Moore who spoke of their “utter devastation”.<\/p>\n
Kedagh\u2019s mother, Glenda Moore, described the pain she endured as a result of what happened and said her son was “left lying face down on the road” to die alone.<\/p>\n
She said she struggled with the reality that her son might have called out for her and the belief that she failed to be there for him.<\/p>\n
She said that instead of trying to pick a suit for a school social event “we had to pick his coffin”.<\/p>\n
Ms Moore described Silaghi’s actions as “a violation and self-serving exploitation of my child\u2019s dignity and value” and said her belief in humanity had been shattered by what had happened to her son.<\/p>\n
Kedagh’s father John Moore said their “busy, happy home has crumbled” as a result of what happened, describing the family’s grief and loss as “more profound than words can describe”.<\/p>\n
He spoke of his son’s love of sport and the impact his death had on his soccer team Clane United, which disbanded and played no more matches that season.<\/p>\n
The court also heard that the effect of their son\u2019s death had also impacted on the couple\u2019s health.<\/p>\n
Kedagh\u2019s sister Sadhbh, said her childhood was taken away the day her baby brother and best friend died.<\/p>\n
She said her brother supported her, made her laugh and they used to talk into the early hours, but “now there is no one to talk to”.<\/p>\n
“His death has ruined my life. We should have grown old together,” she said.<\/p>\n
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\n(L-R) John and Glenda, parents and Sadhbh Moore, sister, the family of the late Kedagh Moore<\/p>\n
At sentencing, Judge Elva Duffy said while Silaghi had shown remorse for the death of Kedagh Moore, he had not shown remorse for for the offending before the court today.<\/p>\n
She said the car showed extensive damage and it was difficult to see how he did not know what he had done.<\/p>\n
She said the offending was at the upper end of the mid-range of sentence and handed down a headline sentence of six-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n
Taking into account mitigating factors, including Silaghi’s no previous convictions, she jailed him for 5 years and nine months.<\/p>\n
He is also disqualified from driving for 15 years.<\/p>\n
Judge Elva Duffy paid tribute to the Moore family for the dignity they had shown in court and described their victim impact statements as very moving.<\/p>\n
The judge said the tragedy is one that the family will have to deal with long after today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man convicted of offences relating to a fatal hit-and-run, which resulted in the death of a 16-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-560968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}