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'It's heartbreaking' - Family of hit-and-run victim speak out as driver jailed
Richard Boyle's sister, Mary Teresa, his mother Mary and his sister Leanne outside court on Friday
The family of a west Belfast man who was killed in a hit-and-run as he walked his dog has branded the driver "a hateful, evil person" who had shown "no remorse".
Martin Sean O'Lali has been jailed for causing the death by careless driving of 42-year-old Richard Boyle in 2021.
O'Lali, 28, of Breton Court in Lisburn, was sentenced to two years and seven months in relation to what the judge described in court as a "shameful litany of events".
Belfast Crown Court heard he would serve half the sentence in custody before being released on licence. He was also disqualified from driving for three years.
Richard was walking his dog on the Stewartstown Road in February 2021 when he was hit by O'Lali's car which, the court heard, had been travelling at 90mph in a 30mph zone.
O'Lali had pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving as well as driving without insurance, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to report on the same day.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of perverting the course of justice the following day by making a false allegation to police that his car and mobile phone had been stolen.
Richard Boyle, who was 42, was walking his dog when he was killed
Speaking after the sentencing, Richard's mother, Mary Boyle, said she was "broken".