Taxi driver threatened to shoot tester, court told

After a taxi driver’s car failed a fare meter test, he threatened to “put a bullet in the head” of a National Transport Authority inspector, a court has heard.

Christopher Carroll, aged 58, of 30, The Crescent, Kilteragh, Dooradoyle, Limerick, has pleaded not guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to a charge of threatening to kill or cause serious harm.

Patrick Doyle said that, on April 8, 2013, he was working with SGS Ireland Ltd at East Link Business Park, Ballysimon Rd, where the company carried out metering and other tests on taxis on behalf of the National Transport Authority.