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21/03/2008
Couple Remanded Over Taxi Driver Murder
A man and woman, both in their 20s, are currently being questioned by gardaí, following the stabbing of an off-duty taxi driver in west Dublin.
Mark Smyth, a 31-year-old taxi driver from the Hawthorns, Duleek, Co Meath was attacked in the Fortlawn estate on Tuesday night. He had been stabbed more than 20 times in the neck and chest.
A 22-year-old man and a woman, aged 25, were arrested last night at a hotel in north Dublin city. The man was brought to Blanchardstown garda station, while the woman was being questioned at Cabra station.
Mr Smyth, who was off-duty at the time, was believed to have picked up the man and woman and then drove them to Fortlawn Avenue in Blanchardstown. His partner and son where also in the car.
It is understood a row broke out in the car and Mr Smyth was subsequently chased down the road by the couple. He was then stabbed and left to die in the front garden of a house.
The couple, being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, and they can be held for questioning for 24 hours.
See: Dublin Taxi Driver Killing Probed
Mark Smyth, a 31-year-old taxi driver from the Hawthorns, Duleek, Co Meath was attacked in the Fortlawn estate on Tuesday night. He had been stabbed more than 20 times in the neck and chest.
A 22-year-old man and a woman, aged 25, were arrested last night at a hotel in north Dublin city. The man was brought to Blanchardstown garda station, while the woman was being questioned at Cabra station.
Mr Smyth, who was off-duty at the time, was believed to have picked up the man and woman and then drove them to Fortlawn Avenue in Blanchardstown. His partner and son where also in the car.
It is understood a row broke out in the car and Mr Smyth was subsequently chased down the road by the couple. He was then stabbed and left to die in the front garden of a house.
The couple, being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, and they can be held for questioning for 24 hours.
See: Dublin Taxi Driver Killing Probed
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Further Appeals In Taxi Stabbing Inquiry
Gardaí are continuing their appeal for a couple to come forward in connection to the murder of a man in Blanchardstown on Tuesday evening. Mark Smyth, a 31-year-old taxi driver from the Hawthorns, Duleek, Co Meath was attacked in the Fortlawn estate. He had been stabbed a number of times in the neck and chest.
Further Appeals In Taxi Stabbing Inquiry
Gardaí are continuing their appeal for a couple to come forward in connection to the murder of a man in Blanchardstown on Tuesday evening. Mark Smyth, a 31-year-old taxi driver from the Hawthorns, Duleek, Co Meath was attacked in the Fortlawn estate. He had been stabbed a number of times in the neck and chest.
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