A man who threw himself in front of an automobile and then claimed damages in opposition to the motive force has been jailed for a year. Waquil Alatise (52) admitted creating a false declaration at Clondalkin Garda Station on January 17, 2015, proceeding to show that some other character had committed a using offense. The father of six of Russell Walk, Fortune’s Way, Tallaght, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on his scheduled trial in February this year.
The court heard Alatise collapsed in front of the lady’s car as she waited to go out of an automobile park, then falsely claimed she had hit him even as she spoke on her phone. Passing sentence on Friday, Judge Elma Sheahan condemned Alitise’s “premeditated behavior,” which she said caused the victim “good-sized distress and disappointment” and “made her existence a misery” up until his responsible plea. “It’s a most critical offense,” said the judge. “It demonstrates a high level of culpability and the best degree of intent.” She sentenced Alatise to sixteen months in prison but suspended the final four months because he held the peace for 4 months after his release.
Judge Sheahan stated Alatise’s motivation has been to defraud the lady’s coverage enterprise and that he had submitted a declaration to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, which he had for the reason that withdrawn. Judge Sheahan said no matter suitable mitigation, she was forced to impose a custodial sentence given the impact on the sufferer and “the need, in theory, to discourage this type of behavior”. Garda Colm Byrne told Barry Ward BL, prosecuting, that he became known as the Mill Centre car park at the Old Nangor Rd, Clondalkin, on November 8th, 2014.
A female who was riding her husband’s vehicle, on which she turned into insured, advised gardaí she had been ready to go out of the car park with the hand brake engaged while she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She stated she noticed a rucksack jutting out from the front passenger wheel and a person mendacity on the floor. The lady said she was given out and requested the person to turn into k, but he wouldn’t answer.
She rang 999 and was “adamant” that she had not hit the person as her car stopped on time. An eyewitness at the scene, Patrick O’Leary, later informed gardaí he had seen the motive force stop for a few seconds at the car park entrance while a man walked through in front of her car and collapsed. Gda Byrne stated Alatise made a civil claim to PIAB in October 2016, just before the two-12 months claim window expired. Alatise later wrote to AXA, officially withdrawing his declaration. He has no preceding convictions in Ireland or the UK.
