Sligo man assaulted taxi driver after getting lift to Carrick-on-Shannon

[watty]

Sligo man assaulted taxi driver after getting lift to Carrick-on-Shannon (Leitrim Observer, 26 Dec 2020)

A Sligo man who stopped a taxi in Dublin and asked to be taken to Mullingar and then on to Carrick-on-Shannon ended up assaulting the driver and running off without paying the fare when he reached the Leitrim town.

Michael Sweeney, 11 Molloway Place, Ash Lane, Sligo appeared before Carrick-on-Shannon District Court on Tuesday, December 15, on a plea of guilty to assaulting taxi driver Ian Sweeney (no relation), and failing to pay a taxi fare on May 19, 2019 at Lis Cara, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.

The court heard Mr Sweeney waved down a taxi on the outskirts of Dublin at the Celbridge intersection of the N4 and asked to be taken to Mullingar. A fee of €80 was agreed.  Mr Sweeney was continuously on the phone during the journey and when they got to Mullingar he asked to be taken on to Carrick-on-Shannon. The driver was reluctant but they agreed a fee of €200 and continued on.  When they got to Carrick-on-Shannon he was directed to Lis Cara and told to take the second left turn which was a cul de sac. He said his father was at the door of a house with the money.  A struggle ensued and Mr Sweeney, the driver, grabbed the defendant's arm. He became aggressive He was struck on the back of the head with a glass bottle the defendant had in his tracksuit. Luckily, he said the roof of the car prevented him from hitting him with force.  Mr Sweeney, the passenger, got out and ran for a gap in the hedge.

The driver went to the garda station and made a formal complaint.  Mr Sweeney, the defendant, had missed his bus home and waved the taxi down. He said he was very drunk at the time.  He apologised again in court through his solicitor Tom McSharry, and said he had issues with alcohol and cocaine at the time but not any more.  Mr McSharry admitted it was a very nasty case.  “I'm very, very sorry. It's the worst decision I ever made in my life,” Mr Sweeney said in court.

Mr Sweeney has previous convictions from Sligo District Court on March 30, 2017 where he was handed a three months suspended sentence for theft, and from the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin in October 2016, also for theft.

Judge Kilrane told the defendant to have €2,000 in compensation at Sligo District Court on Thursday, December 17, or he would be sentenced to four months in prison.  He said the defendant behaved extremely badly and led the taxi driver on a merry-go-round to Mullingar and Carrick-on-Shannon.  He said the driver was left in a very vulnerable position and the defendant then added injury to insult by assaulting him with a bottle.  At Sligo District Court on December 17 Mr Sweeney came with €1,200.  Judge Kilrane admonished the defendant and added €200 to the remaining total. He told Mr Sweeney to have the €1,000 with him in court on February 18 next.

[taxi1990]

MONEY UP FRONT OR YOU ARENT GETTING IN.


Being on the phone the whole time is a major red flag.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

I got a hailo to that pikey site in baldoyle last night.
I know it's odd but I fancied a birra rough and tumble.
sometimes ye get bored with doing ordinary trouble free mundane gigs.
got my hammer ready in the door well.
it was like apocalypse now the halting site was.
this crossed eyed mutton headed simpleton comes up to the car. I ask him is he sonsa sonsa and he says some sorta jibberish at me.
he gets in the front and then gets back out and starts squealing at the girlfriend. I'm gerrin the fuck outta here i says.
but this other chap comes over. very sober and clean cut and well mannered.
going to a settled creamer gaff in raheny that I'm familiar with.
he gets in the front and two girls and the cross eyed cunt get in the back.
drop two of them to the pizza shop at Madigan's in kilbarrack and waited outside.
I forget that when you have the pikeys on board every second feels like an hour.
your man in the front's girlfriend was buckled in the back and he kept apologizing to me for the hack of her.
kept telling her he'd knock all her teeth out when he got home.
she was rolling around the back and making gurgling noise.
she's fixing to spew her ring up i says to him. we berrer get her home quick and he agreed and we abandoned the other two cunts in the takeaway.
25 pound handed over no problem.
little birra slobber cleaned up in the back but all in all no problems.

[taxi1990]

It is nice to get some tax back the odd time. still you are taking a serious risk, the crackers will sue over anything, bad can of beans, getting stabbed at a wedding etc if you didnt give them their change back quick enough, they might get ptsd over it and sue ya.

[Justin Time]

I got a hailo to that pikey site in baldoyle last night.
I know it's odd but I fancied a birra rough and tumble.
sometimes ye get bored with doing ordinary trouble free mundane gigs.
got my hammer ready in the door well.
it was like apocalypse now the halting site was.
this crossed eyed mutton headed simpleton comes up to the car. I ask him is he sonsa sonsa and he says some sorta jibberish at me.
he gets in the front and then gets back out and starts squealing at the girlfriend. I'm gerrin the fuck outta here i says.
but this other chap comes over. very sober and clean cut and well mannered.
going to a settled creamer gaff in raheny that I'm familiar with.
he gets in the front and two girls and the cross eyed cunt get in the back.
drop two of them to the pizza shop at Madigan's in kilbarrack and waited outside.
I forget that when you have the pikeys on board every second feels like an hour.
your man in the front's girlfriend was buckled in the back and he kept apologizing to me for the hack of her.
kept telling her he'd knock all her teeth out when he got home.
she was rolling around the back and making gurgling noise.
she's fixing to spew her ring up i says to him. we berrer get her home quick and he agreed and we abandoned the other two cunts in the takeaway.
25 pound handed over no problem.
little birra slobber cleaned up in the back but all in all no problems.

Presumably they were all wearing face masks and u as well ?
But why the fuck would u have anyone in the front seat???

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

It's all a loada bollocks.

[Rat Catcher]

Immigrant?