Girls, 16, told by parents to gang up on elderly people

A DISTRICT Court judge wants to know why the parents of two 16-year-old girls left them penniless on the streets with instructions to “gang up on old people” to get money.

Detective Garda John McDonagh testified at a juvenile session of Cork District Court yesterday there was a problem in the Turner’s Cross area of Cork city where gangs of girls were surrounding elderly people and trying to get money from them.

The detective said two elderly women who made complaints about this stated that they were not in fear, but were very annoyed by what happened.