A robber whose attack on six teenage friends was described as "the quality of nightmares" when "two very different worlds collided" has been given five years' detention by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A robber whose attack on six teenage friends was described as "the quality of nightmares" when "two very different worlds collided" has been remanded in custody pending sentence.

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DURING the week, the first annual report of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner was published, and it showed that 6,631 applications for refugee status were rejected last year.