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Suspended jail term for taxi passenger's false shouts of rape

A woman who shouted "rape" when a taxi-driver, whom she had refused to pay, threatened to take her to a Garda station, was given suspended prison sentences at Galway District Court yesterday.

Imposing two consecutive two-month sentences on Florence Healy (26), Laurel Park, Newcastle, Galway, which he suspended for 12 months, Judge Aeneus McCarthy said anyone who made a false allegation of rape should go to prison.

Healy admitted trying to make off without paying a €13 fare, to breaching the peace, to being drunk in public and to assaulting the driver on November 23rd.

Insp Seán Glynn said the taxi- driver was nearing Healy's home when she told him she had no money to pay. He threatened to take her to a Garda station and at that point Healy started shouting "rape". The driver stopped the car and another taxi-driver, who was nearby, rang gardaí.

Irish Times

More story at-http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1015/1224020737296.html

© 2008 The Irish Times

 
 

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