TAXI DRIVER AVOIDS ASSAULT CONVICTION BY PAYING FINE

Date Published: 28-May-2009

A taxi driver has avoided a conviction for assault by paying €2,000 to another taxi driver who he sprayed in the face with pepper spray during a dispute at the taxi rank in Eyre Square.

52 year old Martin Giblin of Shudane, Newcastle, Athenry first appeared before Galway District Court last Monday.

Giblin had the total amount of €2,000 in court on Wednesday, and it was handed into court for the victim.

Judge Aeneus McCarthy then applied Section 1.1 of the Probation Act, which does not record a conviction.