THIS is the drunk driver jailed for the shocking hit-and-run killing of Co Tyrone student Enda Dolan.
The PSNI released a photograph of David Lee Stewart yesterday following criticism from the 18-year-old's family.
Police faced a backlash for refusing without explanation to release a picture of the Belfast man, despite repeated requests by The Irish News.
Enda's father Peter Dolan spoke out hours after a heartbreaking day in court in which his family learned his killer would spend just three-and-a-half years in jail.
Stewart had consumed at least six pints and four Jagerbombs when he mowed down the young Killyclogher man as he walked to his student accommodation in October 2014.
The 31-year-old and his passenger, William Ross Casement, only stopped after carrying the teenager on the van for 800 yards but then drove away, before crashing again.
No photos had been available of Stewart, of Gray's Park Avenue in Belfast, as he had been in custody since revoking his own bail while on remand.
Peter Dolan said his photo should be "all over the press given what they have done".
"Yet again the whole system favours the defendants and that just saddens us."
But yesterday afternoon, following a further call from this newspaper, the PSNI released a custody image of Stewart.
In a statement Assistant Chief Constable Alan Todd said: "Our thoughts and condolences are with Enda's family.
"Enda's death was the catastrophic result of someone who decided to drink and drive.
"There is absolutely no excuse for drinking and driving and there is no such thing as a safe amount.
"It ruins lives. Not just those of the people who are killed, injured or left to deal with the consequences, but also for those responsible."
Car crime campaigners last night added their voice to criticism of the sentences in the Dolan case.
Stewart will serve three-and-a-half years in prison and the same period on licence after admitting five offences including dangerous driving causing the death of Enda.
Casement (21), of Belvoir Drive in Belfast, walked free with 50 hours community service and two years on probation after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene.
The Attorney General also told the Irish News last night he should be given new powers to challenge "unduly lenient" sentences.
John Larkin can instead only "lament the death of Enda Dolan, a young man of so much talent and promise", his spokeswoman said.
