Troubled teenager moved to England

A 14-YEAR-OLD Irish boy, said to be at the extreme end of disturbed behaviour, is to be moved from Scotland, where he is being treated on behalf of the Health Service Executive, to England for special assessment.

Mr Justice George Birmingham yesterday made orders facilitating his move with a special medical team from Scotland to St Andrews Hospital in Northampton, England.

Barrister Felix McEnroy, counsel for the HSE, told the court the St Andrews facility had a special familiarity with the boy’s mental condition and that staff there would carry out a special assessment of him over the next six to eight weeks.