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'Justice to me would be to get him in the room for three minutes, the same time it took him to kill my child'
Irish Daily Star
|May 15, 2025
BEG “Justice to me would be to get him in the room for three minutes, the same time it took him to kill my child. I'd just love to get them in a room with him and I'd like to see him beg.
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"I probably wouldn't be responsible for what I would do. Forgiveness is gone."
McGinn's sentencing hearing heard he ignored the pleas of the terrified girls to slow down.
Mrs McCann said the evidence of Oisin Clerkin - who survived the crash - proved he knew he was endangering her child - and he should've faced a more serious charge.
She added: "He should've been charged with murder. They asked to get out of that car and he didn't acknowledge that. He didn't see the fear in their eyes.
Her husband added: "To hear in the they were asking him to slow down and everything else and not knowing. He could've slowed down. They were in no hurry to get there; they were just trying to enjoy their debs, one of the biggest nights of their lives.
'They should have had a different charge, a more serious charge. There's two children gone now just because someone was selfish."He [McGinn] was with me seven days a week. We would be on the bikes together and never went more than 40mph. I always trusted him. This is a man who you trusted. My child was to go there and have the night of her life. Not to go there and be scared out of her life."
Mrs McCann added: "Seven years he's getting a roof over his head, he's getting three meals a day and visits. We have a grave to visit." The family could not bring themselves to watch extremely horrific dashcam footage shown in court that showed the entire incident.
Kiea's parents rushed to the scene of the crash and are still haunted by the harrowing memories of pulling Kiea and Dlava from the car - and performing CPR.

This story is from the May 15, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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