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Taxi driver who assaulted clamper fails to persuade court that subsidised jury lunches led to bias

Date
2025-11-10

Stage
Appeal

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Peter Charleton dismissed Feliks Andrianov's appeal against his conviction for assault causing harm. Andrianov, who represented himself, had argued that subsidised jury lunches created bias, but the judge found no rational basis for such a claim. He also rejected Andrianov's allegations of judicial bias, claims that the judge had created a "psychological relation" with the jury, and that the judge had allowed the court to view videos of the assault. The judge noted that the evidence from body‑cam and CCTV was admissible and that Andrianov's statements about the judge and his own actions were unfounded. The appeal was rejected, and the original sentence of 18 months suspended for 18 months was upheld. The case remains at the trial stage, with no further review of the sentence requested.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Taxi driver who assaulted clamper fails to persuade court that subsidised jury lunches led to bias. Procedural stage: appeal

When:

July 5, 2019 Incident
November 2024 Incident
2025-11-10 Publication

Why: Photo: Collins) A taxi driver who assaulted a security guard after his car was clamped has failed to persuade the Court of Appeal that his trial was unfair because the jury's subsidised lunches meant they "dined with the State". CNI source report