Man accused of taxi driver bottle attack refused bail

A taxi driver was caught around the neck by a backseat passenger who held a broken bottle to his neck, it was alleged yesterday during a bail application by the accused man.

Luke Lewis, who is from Youghal, was arrested by Detective Garda Stephen Fuller and charged with robbing taxi driver Joseph Walsh of €10 at Proby’s Quay, Cork City, on June 29.

The detective said the defendant was tracked down to a holiday home in Youghal and charged.