Woman who struck taxi driver with bottle escapes jail

A taxi driver was struck over the eye with a glass bottle by a young woman who walked away without paying her fare.

Gillian Daly, 8 Mount Vernon Crescent, South Douglas Road in Cork took a taxi ride in Mahon last Christmas. She appeared to be walking away without paying when she was challenged by taxi driver Sebastian Slapczynski. She responded by striking him.

Garda Inspector Pat Meaney told Cork District Court the injured party suffered a cut over his right eyebrow and the wound had to be attended to in hospital. The taxi driver also received a bite to the arm.