The police have warned against retaliation for the murder bid amid concerns of a republican feud in the area.

Defence counsel said the man came to Ireland in 2005 and has been a taxi driver for 15 years with a completely unblemished record and generally sent his earnings home.

Judge Elma Sheahan said the accused was convicted following a trial of assault causing harm.

Naveed Rana (42) told the victim to sit in the front seat before he drove off in the wrong direction and sexually assaulted her

Shortly after 1.30am, gardaí received a report that a taxi driver had been threatened at knifepoint by a passenger in his car in the Poppintree area

Raymond Shorten will spend a total of 30 years in jail for his sexual offending against a young girl and two passengers in his taxi

Mr Justice Naidoo said the victim impact statement described the “deep and abiding damage” caused to the injured party.

Shorten, of Melrose Crescent, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was convicted of two counts of rape and one of anal rape by a jury at the Central Criminal Court last month.

The 50-year-old taxi man has pleaded not guilty to the rape and anal rape of one woman in June 2022.

The 50-year-old man is on trial at the Central Criminal Court accused of raping two women

The man, who is in his fifties, has pleaded not guilty to the rape of this woman on a date in August 2022 and has further denied the rape and anal rape of another woman the previous June.

The man, who is in his early 50, has pleaded not guilty to the rape and anal rape of this woman in June 2022.

Michael Kelly (34) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting the woman and causing her harm.