Gardaí appeal to taxi drivers in murder probe

Gardaí investigating the machete murder of a Polish man in his home in Cork last weekend have appealed to taxi or hackney drivers who were working in the area at the time to come forward.

The renewed appeal came yesterday as gardaí continued trying to establish a motive for the savage attack on 35-year-old father of two, Mikolaj Wilk, by a gang of at least four masked men, armed with machetes, who entered his home near Ballincollig and hacked him to death.

They also injured his wife, Elzbieta, as their two children, both aged under six, hid in a bedroom.