Taxi driver pleaded for help from group of girls

A taxi driver who was stabbed to death pleaded for help from a group of teenage girls who watched helplessly as he was repeatedly attacked, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

Carlos Byrne (aged 22) and Lindsey Fahy (aged 25), both of Linnetsfield square, Clonee, Co. Meath deny murdering Mark Smith (31) at Fortlawn, Blanchardstown, Dublin on March 18, 2008.