A drunk driver who killed a 12-year-old schoolboy boasted about driving without a licence for 18 years, the High Court has heard.
Just days before Lucas Trainor was fatally knocked down by Peter Milligan, 51, it is claimed he was bragging in a bar that he had no licence after being disqualified in 2007.
Lucas was struck by a Skoda Fabia while riding a scooter in Portaferry, Co Down, on July 8 this year.
Milligan, of Ashmount Park in Portaferry, has admitted driving the car and told police he had been drinking in two pubs prior to the crash.
He faces a total of 11 charges, including causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop or remain at an accident, and driving without insurance or a licence.
