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| Driver admits teenagers' deaths | Driver admits teenagers' deaths |
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| A man from County Fermanagh has admitted causing the deaths by dangerous driving of four friends. | A man from County Fermanagh has admitted causing the deaths by dangerous driving of four friends. |
| Peter Leonard, Anita Swift, Jonathan McDonald and Danica O'Rourke were in a car driven by Daniel McDonnell that crashed at Lisnaskea, in July 2006. | Peter Leonard, Anita Swift, Jonathan McDonald and Danica O'Rourke were in a car driven by Daniel McDonnell that crashed at Lisnaskea, in July 2006. |
| At Dungannon Crown Court, McDonnell, 21, of Galloon Gardens, Newtownbutler, made a last minute change of plea. | |
| The tragedy was compounded when the Swift family were given the wrong girl's body for burial. | The tragedy was compounded when the Swift family were given the wrong girl's body for burial. |
| McDonnell pleaded minutes before his trial was due to begin on Monday. | McDonnell pleaded minutes before his trial was due to begin on Monday. |
| Adjourning the case for sentencing on 21 February, Judge McFarland warned McDonnell that he would be going to prison. | Adjourning the case for sentencing on 21 February, Judge McFarland warned McDonnell that he would be going to prison. |
| The body of one of the teenage girls was exhumed after it emerged the wrong person had been buried. | The body of one of the teenage girls was exhumed after it emerged the wrong person had been buried. |
| A body, believed to be Anita Swift, 16, had been buried. However, tests indicated the body was that of Danica O'Rourke, 17. | A body, believed to be Anita Swift, 16, had been buried. However, tests indicated the body was that of Danica O'Rourke, 17. |
| The two men who died were both aged 21. | The two men who died were both aged 21. |
| At the time, the coroner admitted there had been "initial misidentification". | At the time, the coroner admitted there had been "initial misidentification". |