Gardaí: Teen was hunted down

TEENAGER David Byrne was “hunted down” and knifed to death by a group of “former friends” because he owed money and had lost drugs, it has emerged.

Garda sources said the savage murder was the message being sent out by a “new generation” of young criminals, who have “no respect or fear for the law”.

Mr Byrne, 19, from Davitt House flats, Drimnagh, south Dublin, was chased into neighbouring Inchicore by a waiting gang of four hooded teenagers after 10pm on Saturday.