Court reports mentioning Lookman Kareem

2017-03-10

Taxi driver cleared of biting off part of passenger's thumb

Stage: Trial

Plea: Not guilty

2016-04-15

Jury clears taxi driver of assault, fails to reach verdict on bite charge

Stage: Trial

Plea: Not guilty

Outcome: Judge Patricia Ryan adjourned the matter to April 28, when a decision will be made on a retrial.

2016-04-14

Taxi driver seen spitting something out of mouth, bite trial hears

Stage: Trial

Plea: Not guilty

2016-04-13

Taxi driver allegedly bit man's thumb after name caused laughter with passengers

Stage: Sentence

Outcome: Mr O'Connor told the court he and his friends were not laughing at Mr Kareem's name, but at the fact that Stacey Donohue regularly starts sentences with the phrase, "Look man…" "We tried to say to [Mr Kareem], 'We're not laughing at you'," Mr O'Connor said. "We were trying to say it was Stacey's phrase." Defence barrister Conor McKenna BL put it to Mr O'Connor that he and his friends were abusive to Mr Kareem and that two of the women told him, "This is our f***ing country, we can do what we like".