Truck driver tells of hijack horror

A terrifired driver who was assaulted by four men who hijacked his truck was forced to drive while one of his assailants kicked him in the side and another had his foot in the steering wheel, a court heard.

The evidence was heard at Limerick Circuit Court in the trial of four members of a Limerick Traveller family who pleaded guilty to the unlawful seizure of a vehicle from Willie O'Neill, Newport, Co Tipperary, and to assaulting Mr O'Neill between Castletroy and Arthur's Quay, Limerick, on September 2, 2003.