Claims troubled teen attempted to sexually assault girl, five

GARDAÍ are investigating an alleged attempted sexual assault on a five-year-old girl by a teenage German boy in care here.

The 14-year-old boy had escaped from his foster home in Co Tipperary on March 2 and made his way to a hotel in Leixlip, Co Kildare.

The youth, who had a troubled past and had run away from care several times before, took a five-year-old girl by the hand in the hotel and brought her into the ladies toilet.