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Trevor Quinn

Man involved in shocking racist taxi video to 'hand himself in to gardai'

A MAN who has featured in a shocking racially abusive ‘viral’ video has voluntarily handed himself in to gardai.

The man can be seen shouting racial insults to the taxi driver in the footage and is physically and racially abusive.

It is understood the incident took place at about 10pm on Easter Sunday on the Malahide Road, Donnycarney in Dublin.

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And this afternoon the Co Kerry native, who lives in Dublin, went to Malahide Garda Station where it is believed he made a statement.

A garda spokesman said: “Gardaí in Clontarf are investigating an incident of assault that occurred on the 21st April, 2019 on the Malahide Road, Donnycarney at approximately 10pm.”

Malahide Road (Google)

The man can be seen leaning in towards the driver and shouting “what’s your favourite position?” before describing him as a n****r multiple times.

The taxi driver looks confused as his passenger had been quiet moments before the verbal and pyhsical tirade erupted.

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The man - who appears to be highly intoxicated - then can be seen punching the driver and calls him a “f***ing c***”, in the video shared on Twitter,

The aggressive man, in his 30s, then takes off his seatbelt, and roars numerous times that he is a “police officer”.

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