A vile junkie who mowed down and killed a teenage boy on his way to buy drugs won't serve a single extra day behind bars.
Ruadhan Tracey, 33, of Lagore Green, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, smashed into Conor Hickey, 14, at Fassaugh Road on December 2 2011.
Tracey pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to careless driving causing the death of Conor.
He also admitted a charge of failing to remain at the scene of that accident.
Tracey received a 20 month prison sentence today - but it will run alongside a 10 year sentence he is currently serving for seven violent robberies involving syringes in the months after the fatal accident.
When Gardai arrested two months after the tragedy he told them: "Conor Hickey, I will never forget that name."
The maximum penalty available to the court for careless driving causing death is two years and the maximum penalty for leaving the scene of an accident is six months.
Judge Mary Ellen Ring said she was bound by the legislation and said that she must also give credit to Tracey for entering a guilty plea at the earliest opportunity and his genuine remorse expressed at a very early stage.
Judge Ring said: "He has to live with the consequences of being a man who drove a vehicle which killed a boy. He wasn't even man enough to stay or present himself."
John Hickey, the victim's father, said that his son's death has hit the family like a Tsunami and has left a trail of destruction.
His mother Margaret Hickey said she feels a pain in her chest which no pills can cure.
In their victim impact statement, read to the court by Mr Hickey, she said: "No day goes by when I don't ask myself the question why, 'why did this happen?'"
The boy's sister said: "Conor wasn't just a brother but also my best friend. Since December 2 2011 my life has changed forever. I've the biggest hole in my heart . I struggle to concentrate in college.
"Conor was such an amazing character. No justice will return our Conor to his family. I feel we have a life sentence for the rest of our natural lives."
Witnesses told gardai they saw the boy waiting to cross the street and the lights were in his favour - he was free to cross the street.
He was hit without warning and the car didn't remain.
They said the car was travelling at speed and that it came out of nowhere and hit the young boy as soon as he put his foot on the road.
SOURCE-IRISH MIRROR
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