Dublin Taxi driver avoids jail term

A taxi driver, who triple charged two Christmas shoppers on a €15 fare, has been spared a criminal conviction.

Seamus Goslin, aged 70, from Balfe Road, Walkinstown, Dublin, pleaded guilty in November at Dublin District Court to breaching the Taxi Regulation Act after he charged the passengers €45 for the short trip.

Judge John O’Neill had adjourned the case until yesterday to see if the taxi-driver would give €250 to the Simon Community along with paying €800 in prosecution costs. After he was furnished with receipts he applied the Probation Act.