Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Verena Schneider

1 report across 1 case, 22 Mar 2022 to 22 Mar 2022

Victim: Verena Schneider, German womanVerena Schneider

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Nationality
German, as stated in a report
Offences
Careless driving causing serious harm
Where
Co. Dublin
Reporting
1 report, 22 Mar 2022 to 22 Mar 2022
Outlets
thejournal.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Taxi driver jailed for careless driving causing serious harm in Dublin Careless driving causing serious harm · Co. Dublin

    On 6 September 2018, 64-year-old taxi driver Tajudeen Balogun failed to look ahead before turning right from Dame Street onto Trinity Street in Dublin, driving into a young German couple, Verena Schneider and Benjamin Schneider. Benjamin Schneider suffered multiple skull and spinal fractures and severe brain trauma, while Verena Schneider received minor bruising. Balogun pleaded guilty to careless driving causing serious harm in November 2021. In March 2022, Judge Melanie Greally at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court sentenced him to 14 months in prison with six months suspended and a four-year driving disqualification.

    Sentenced, 22 Mar 2022Victim · 1 report

Timeline

every report naming Verena Schneider, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 22 Mar2022
    Sentencedthejournal.ie, in Taxi driver jailed for careless driving causing serious harm in Dublin
    Taxi driver jailed for careless driving causing serious harm after he hit two pedestrians
    victim, Verena Schneider, female, German, non-irishVerena Schneider

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