Cash-strapped addict hijacked taxi

A drug addict who robbed a taxi driver of his car because he wanted money for snow blow has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Carl McGuiness, aged 21, later told gardaí he and his co-accused needed cash for drugs and thought “we’ll hijack a taxi” before hailing Harry Boland on Glasnevin Avenue in Dublin. The men told the driver they wanted to go to a dog sanctuary in Finglas and McGuiness said he would direct him.

The victim later told gardaí he was not suspicious of his passengers in any way. Mr Boland has since given up working as a taxi driver.