Anthony Stokes drove at 160 km/h and nearly collided with another motorist shortly after midnight on January 6th last year
Former Republic of Ireland footballer Anthony Stokes has been handed a 15-month jail sentence over a seizure of almost €4,000 worth of cocaine and a high-speed car chase in Dublin.
He lodged €1,000, however, and was released on appeal bail shortly after the Judge imposed the sentence. Judge Malone said Stokes could have faced up to two years' imprisonment. However she gave him credit for his guilty pleas and imposed sentences totalling one year and three months. Stokes admitted driving while over the alcohol limit and four counts of dangerous driving during the pursuit from the Naas Road to the Phoenix Park.
The officer activated his patrol car lights but Stokes failed to stop and continued to the Long Mile Road junction,"which he entered at speed, breaking a red light". The accused, who had a passenger in the car, went to Knockmaroon Road and stopped at the closed gates of Phoenix Park.The car chase lasted about 10 minutes.
Anthony Stokes Car Chase Cocaine Drug Test Dublin District Court Footballer Judge Grainne Malone Phoenix Park Summerhill Place
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