A youth has been given a six-month suspended sentence for his part in an unprovoked gang attack on a 16-year-old Finnish tourist in Dublin city centre.

A youth repeatedly “smashed” a can into the face of a 16-year-old Finnish tourist during a vicious gang attack in Dublin, a court has heard.

A crack cocaine addict who carried out 16 house burglaries within a year in various city suburbs has been remanded in custody pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.