Andres Grans De Lima Sores: 500 metres of tailgating before a fatal crash
A teenage motorcyclist undertook Andres Grans De Lima Sores. What followed was not a momentary lapse: Sores drove close behind for almost half a kilometre, contributed to the rider losing control, and then left the scene.
A dangerous interaction on Finglas Road
On 31 July 2021, Calvin Gilchrist was riding a stolen motorcycle on Finglas Road in Dublin. Neither he nor his passenger wore a helmet. After the motorcycle undertook Sores’s car, Sores followed closely behind it for just under 500 metres.
The motorcycle and car then interacted near a third vehicle. Gilchrist lost control and suffered fatal injuries. The sentencing judge found that Sores contributed both directly and indirectly to that loss of control and bore a greater responsibility as the person driving the car.
The victim’s own unlawful and unsafe conduct remains part of the record. It did not erase Sores’s criminal responsibility for the prolonged driving conduct to which he pleaded guilty.
He did not remain at the scene
Sores left after the collision rather than remaining as the law required. Gardaí identified him months later. He ultimately pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to careless driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
Judge Pauline Codd said the driving was not a momentary lapse but continued conduct. She said the collision would not have happened if Sores had controlled his temper and treated custody as necessary for general deterrence.
Sentence and mitigation
On 23 February 2026, the judge imposed four years for leaving the scene and suspended the final year, producing three years of immediate custody. A concurrent 18-month term was imposed for careless driving causing death. Sores was disqualified from driving for seven years.
He had no previous convictions. Testimonials described him as respectful, hardworking and of good character, and the judge accepted that the behaviour was an exception to how he had otherwise conducted his life. His letter acknowledged the catastrophic consequences, his role in the family’s grief and the fact that he thought of the loss every day.
Nationality and status limits
The court report identifies Sores as a Brazilian national and refers to Brazil as his native country. It gives a Glasnevin address and says his conduct in Ireland was otherwise positive.
The reports reviewed do not state when or how he entered Ireland, what residence permission or citizenship he held, or whether any immigration-enforcement process followed the sentence. No illegal-entry, asylum, deportation or removal claim is made from silence.
Chronology
- 31 July 2021: the motorcycle undertakes Sores; prolonged tailgating and the later interaction precede Calvin Gilchrist’s fatal crash; Sores leaves the scene.
- Months later: Gardaí identify Sores after investigation.
- Before sentencing: Sores pleads guilty to careless driving causing death and failing to remain at the scene.
- 23 February 2026: Dublin Circuit Criminal Court imposes three years of immediate custody, a concurrent 18-month term and a seven-year driving ban.
- 31 July 2026 record check: no published appeal or immigration-enforcement outcome is located.
Public-cost boundary
The Irish Prison Service reported an average annual cost of €99,072 for an available, staffed prison space in 2024. Applied to the three unsuspended years, the nominal capacity benchmark is €297,216.
This is arithmetic, not a case invoice or proof of marginal expenditure. Actual custody may be shorter through remission or release arrangements. The concurrent 18-month term is not added, and no case-specific figure is published for Garda investigation, prosecution, courts, legal aid, emergency response, healthcare or victim impact. Human loss cannot be reduced to a prison-space calculation.
Sources
- BreakingNews.ie, 23 February 2026 — principal sentencing report.
- Irish Independent, 23 February 2026 — published account of the same court-reporting stream.
- Crime World, 23 February 2026 — republication of the sentencing account, not treated as independent evidence.
- Road Traffic Act 2011, section 4 — official careless-driving offence text.
- Road Traffic Act 1961, section 106 — official duties after an accident.
- Dáil written answer, 20 May 2025 — official prison-space benchmark and limitations.
- Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2024 — primary benchmark publication.
Record checked: 31 July 2026. The three case publications derive from the same court-reporting stream and are not counted as three independent confirmations.