A farmer accused of causing the deaths of two teenage girls by dangerous driving has been found not guilty by Wicklow Circuit Court.
Cyril Hobson (36), from Kilmagig House, Avoca, Co Wicklow, was accused of dangerous driving causing the deaths of teenage friends Stephanie McCauley (15) and Vanessa Byrne (13) in Avoca in June 2003.
He denied the charges.
The court heard that, at lunchtime on June 28th, 2003, the two local girls had just left a sweet shop at the junction of Beech Road and Avoca Bridge.
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Mr Hobson was driving a tractor and trailer, loaded with some 20 bales of silage.
The girls walked alongside the trailer and, as he went to swing left, they were out of sight through his mirror. He had presumed they passed the trailer.