The motorist was left terrified that they had hit a real person

Oscar Adonis Marchat, of Elton Park, Sandycove, Dublin, won a small claims case against Dublin Street Parking Services Ltd.

The car displayed expired tax and NCT discs and when the man was asked to produce his license he told the garda he had left it at home.

Caitriona Kennedy has 86 previous convictions in total

Odinas Dziugas (22) pleaded guilty to 11 counts of fuel theft from service stations in or around the M1 motorway