A then 14-year-old boy armed with a broken bottle threatened to slit a young man’s throat during a false imprisonment and robbery incident on a Dublin street, a court has heard.

A judge has refused to grant bail to a 15-year-old boy charged with false imprisonment of a young man on a Dublin city centre street.

A man who took part in the violent robbery of a 67-year-old Waterford farmer who was visiting Dublin City has avoided a jail sentence.