A man who threw himself in front of an automobile and then claimed damages against the motive force has been jailed for a year. Waquil Alatise (52) admitted to creating a fake statement at Clondalkin Garda Station on January 17th, 2015, intending to expose that every other person had committed a riding offense. The father-of-six of Russell Walk, Fortune’s Way, Tallaght, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on the day of his scheduled trial in February this year. The courtroom heard Alatise collapse in front of the lady’s vehicle as she waited to exit a vehicle park, then falsely claimed she had hit him even as she spoke on her cellphone.
Passing sentence on Friday, Judge Elma Sheahan condemned Alitise’s “premeditated behavior,” which she said caused the victim “giant misery and upset” and “made her life a misery” up until his guilty plea. “It’s a most extreme offense,” stated the decision. “It demonstrates a high level of culpability and the very best degree of intent.” She sentenced Alatise to 16 months in jail; however, she suspended for the very last four months on the condition that he hold the peace for four months after his release.
Judge Sheahan said Alatise’s motivation has been to defraud the lady’s insurance employer and that he had submitted a declaration to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, which he had considered withdrawing. Judge Sheahan stated despite proper mitigation, she was forced to give Alatise a custodial sentence, given the effect on the victim and “the need, in standard, to discourage this sort of behavior.”
Garda Colm Byrne instructed Barry Ward BL, prosecuting, that he changed into the Mill Centre car park on the Old Nangor Rd, Clondalkin, on November 8th, 2014. A female who has been driving her husband’s car, on which she turned into insured, informed gardaí she had been waiting to go out of the car park with the handbrakeengaged while she saw something out of the corner of her eye.
She stated she noticed a rucksack jutting out from her front passenger wheel and a person lying on the ground. The woman said she got out and asked the person if he had changed into K, but he wouldn’t offer a solution. She rang 999 and was “adamant that she had not hit the person as her car had been stopped at the time. An eyewitness at the scene, Patrick O’Leary, later advised gardaí he had seen the driving force stop for a few seconds at the car park front while a person walked through in front of her vehicle and collapsed.
Gda Byrne said Alatise made a civil claim to PIAB in October 2016, quickly earlier than the 2-year declaration window expired. Alatise later wrote to AXA, officially chickening out of his claim. He has no previous convictions in Ireland or the United Kingdom. In a sufferer impact statement study out on her behalf, the female said she became outraged at the accusation of awful driving made in opposition to her.
The girl stated the ordeal had affected her confidence when driving, and she was now fearful of the roads. She said the accused had her “doubting herself” and that it had taken her a long time for her accurate name to be cleared. Kim Moloney BL, defending, stated her client had moved to Ireland from Lagos, Nigeria, in 2008 under the Family Reunification Programme.
She said Alatise suffered a mental illness in 2013, and his marriage sooner or later broke up; however, he remarried a year ago, and his 2nd wife lives in Lagos. The court docket heard Alatise has been an Irish citizen considering that 2012 and works numerous jobs to support his children and ex-wife, who suffers from polio. Ms. Moloney provided numerous testimonials on behalf of her consumer and said Alatise had a terrific work history and first-rate schooling.
