Mihail Coptu jailed for endangering taxi driver

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Mihail Coptu was jailed for one year for endangerment and obstruction at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 15 December 2017. The offence happened on a slip road leading to the M1 motorway.

Coptu had pleaded guilty after placing a seatbelt around a taxi driver’s neck and trying to choke him while the taxi was moving. Judge Martin Nolan said the offence was too serious for a non-custodial sentence.