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27/03/2008
Taxi Murder Accused Remanded
The man charged with the murder of a west Dublin taxi Driver has been remanded in custody for a further two weeks.
Carlos Byrne, 22, of Linnetsfield Square, Clonee, appeared before Cloverhill District Court this morning. No application for bail was made.
The man is accused of stabbing an off-duty taxi driver, 31 year-old Mark Smyth, in front of his partner and child.
The taxi driver had arrived at the scene and collected a couple, which were known to him before being stabbed whilst trying to escape the scene. Mr Smyth who lived in Duleek, Co Meath, was found dead in the garden of a house in the same street after the attack in the Fortlawn estate in Blanchardstown.
Carlos Byrne was remanded in custody to appear again on April 10th.
(DW)
Carlos Byrne, 22, of Linnetsfield Square, Clonee, appeared before Cloverhill District Court this morning. No application for bail was made.
The man is accused of stabbing an off-duty taxi driver, 31 year-old Mark Smyth, in front of his partner and child.
The taxi driver had arrived at the scene and collected a couple, which were known to him before being stabbed whilst trying to escape the scene. Mr Smyth who lived in Duleek, Co Meath, was found dead in the garden of a house in the same street after the attack in the Fortlawn estate in Blanchardstown.
Carlos Byrne was remanded in custody to appear again on April 10th.
(DW)
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