Man who drove car into taxi driver escapes jail

A man who drove a car into a taxi driver who had acted as a "Good Samaritan" by trying to save a colleague from an assault, has received a two year suspended sentence and been given 240 hours community service.

Patrick Dunphy, aged 42, of Galtymore Road, Drimnagh, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to reckless endangerment on James Street, in the city centre, on April 2, 2000.