Beaten taxi driver urges more in-car security as gardaí hunt attackers

A taxi driver who was savagely beaten and robbed while on duty has called for government aid to improve in-car security for cabbies.

A bruised and battered grandfather of eight, John Forde, 59, from Cork, made the plea yesterday as gardaí continued to hunt for his two attackers.

“I thought it was over — I was going to be killed. They just kept on punching me,” John said.