Driver rolled over man’s foot, court told

A 23-year-old jobless man was followed by a taxi driver because he did not pay a €140 “soilage fee” after vomiting in the vehicle, a court heard.

Driver rolled over man’s foot, court told

Circuit Court president Mr Justice Raymond Groarke said taxi driver Anthony Olajude, who had been following Fabian Wolasewicz closely with his taxi, had, perhaps entirely by accident, run over and injured his left foot.

Judge Groarke, awarding Wolasewicz €18,500 damages against Olajude, said there had been a very direct conflict of evidence between the two as to what had happened in September 2014, but he preferred the injured man’s evidence.

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