Gardaí hope to charge teen after boy locked in car boot

GARDAÍ are hoping to charge a teenager in connection with the assault and abduction of a 16-year-old boy following a row over damage to a car.

The boy was hospitalised and traumatised after being beaten and locked in a boot of a car for four hours.

During the abduction, the boy’s sister received a threatening phone calldemanding €4,000 for his release.