Cork man accused of hitting taxi driver with bottle to apply to High Court to be bailed

Man accused of striking taxi driver in the head with a glass bottle in 'unprovoked attack' had been refused bail by Cork District Court

It is alleged that two young men got a taxi from Carrigrohane to Lotamore Drive in Mayfield, where the taxi driver was robbed of €350 in cash and a dash-cam from the car. File picture: iStock

A young man accused of striking a taxi driver on the head with a bottle during a robbery is to appeal to the High Court to be released on bail.

Garda John Barry objected to bail being granted to Evan Crean, of St Colmcille’s Road, Gurranabraher, Cork, at Cork District Court, where there was a refusal of bail.