Boy grabbed by throat, kicked and punched for €1

A 13-year-old boy was grabbed by the throat and kicked and punched by two younger children looking for €1 during an attempted daytime mugging in a suburban shopping centre in Cork.

Gardaí revealed yesterday that they had questioned two 12-year-old boys following the attack which happened in the Hazelwood Shopping Centre in Glanmire, Co Cork. According to garda sources the victim was walking back home after a match had been called off. As he passed through the shopping centre last Sunday at around 11.30am he was approached by the two younger boys.

"They demanded a euro off him, but the boy said he hadn't any money. One of them grabbed him by the throat and the other then punched him in the stomach," the garda source said.