TAXI DRIVER AVOIDS ASSAULT CONVICTION BY PAYING FINE

Date Published: 28-May-2009

A taxi driver has avoided a conviction for assault by paying €2,000 to another taxi driver who he sprayed in the face with pepper spray during a dispute at the taxi rank in Eyre Square.52 year old Martin Giblin of Shudane, Newcastle, Athenry first appeared before Galway District Court last Monday.Giblin had the total amount of €2,000 in court on Wednesday, and it was handed into court for the victim.Judge Aeneus McCarthy then applied Section 1.1 of the Probation Act, which does not record a conviction.