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A MAN HAS been arrested following an assault of a taxi driver and the hijacking of his car at Lower Killeens Blarney Cork.
The incident occurred at in the early hours of this morning at 1.30am when a taxi driver, a man in his early 70s, picked up two men at Dillons Cross.
Assaulted
While heading in the direction of Cork City the driver was threatened and then assaulted.
The offenders removed the driver from the vehicle at a service station on the Carrigohane Straight and drove off in the car.
They subsequently crashed at Lower Killeens a short time later. One man was arrested at the scene, while the other fled the scene on foot. The man believed to be in his early 30s is currently detained at Gurranbraher Garda Station under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.
The taxi driver was taken to hospital with a facial injury and released a short time later.
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Throw him into a cell and leave him there until after Christmas.
Give the culprit free legal aid , 3 meals a day in prison , free access to education , 1/3 off for remission that he doesn’t have to earn. Get the eejits that work to pay for it , & take a few euro off the pensioners & disabled to fund it .., god bless Fine Gael .. Soft on crime but tough on the law abiding citizen .
How can this be ok to do. A 70 year kid man attacked by 2 sc€mbags. They’ll both be laughing about this over Christmas while that man will never be ok to pick up people again. So on top of the assault and theft this poor guys livelihood is probably finished. These thugs will get free legal aid a slap on the wrist and set free to do it all again.
This country is gone to the dogs. They should make a public spectacle if people like this. They speak of human rights but what about that taxi drivers rights. Aghhhhhhh
Sickening
As a Taxi Driver in Tralee and some that represents all taxi drivers on the Taxi Advisory Committee I wish to condemn this attack on an innocent taxi driver out trying to make a living.
This taxi driver is no out of work for the Christmas and New Year.
I’m calling on the public to please respect Taxi Drivers during this busy period and if you do happen to see a driver in difficulty stop and help him/her.
Taxis in other countries are all fitted with Web cameras front and back of vehicle. It probably would have prevented this and at worst would have identified the coward who ran away.
Fit web cameras in all taxis, it will protect your drivers. This could have been spotted at Base but more than likely would not have happened because of fitted cameras.
Have them sweep the streets with a tooth brush
Castrate them..sure it does the dogs on the street good. Calms them down ten fold.
Typical cork behavior. Sean been buggered
Another man fascinated by Cork.
I should explain my comment lads. It was directed at Sean T Bugger, a cork native, who has a snide comment to make everytime anything happens on Dublin’s northside. No offense meant to anyone else.
Get a room then.
fantasti;c information with your journal my e mail address is danielgreydog@YAHOO.CO.UK LEFT GLANMIRE WHEN I WAS 20YROLD BUT STILL KEEP IN TOUCH WIT WHAT IS GOING ON IN CORK AM 78 NOW HAPPYY DAYS SPENT IN GLANMIRE
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