A Belfast taxi driver recorded allegedly threatening a passenger with a gun must remain in custody, a judge ruled today.
Brian Stalford, 49, was refused bail amid claims that he used the pistol to strike the victim.
His lawyer argued that he has been detained for three months in "surreal" circumstances where police have received no statement of complaint.
But District Judge George Conner held: "I do not believe we have moved sufficiently forward for delay to be a ground for releasing Mr Stalford."
Mr Stalford, from Park Avenue, faces charges of possessing a firearm or imitation firearm, common assault and making threats to kill during a taxi journey on 26 March this year.
He is further accused of having a small quantity of suspected cocaine when police arrested him in June.
Detectives launched an investigation after the dashcam footage, recorded in Holywood, Co Down, was posted online.
The recording shows Mr Stalford dressed in a fonaCAB uniform and pointing a gun directly at his front seat passenger's face and knees, according to the prosecution.
Mr Stalford was sacked by fonaCAB once the dashcam footage began to circulate on 1 June.
At Belfast Magistrates’ Court today, prosecution counsel confirmed there is to be further forensic analysis of the video depicting either a real or fake gun.
Defence solicitor Mark Austin argued that his client is being held in continued custody amid delays over a "half baked" investigation file.
Denying bail, however, Judge Conner identified no new grounds to justify his release.
Mr Stalford was remanded in continuing custody until 6 October.
