Woman called taxi hours before death, inquest hears

A DESPERATE woman called a taxi driver and told him to “get me out of here” hours before her battered body was discovered in a pool of blood in her home.

Catherine Smart, aged 57, of Bailick Court in Midleton, Co Cork, died of multiple head injuries inflicted with a hurley on the morning of Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010.

At 7.31am, taxi driver Tony Bailey received a call from Ms Smart as he drove passengers home.