Teen beat up woman and stole her groceries

A teenager who knocked a woman off her bike, beat her up, and stole her groceries has avoided a jail sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Joseph O’Toole, aged 19, and a co-accused attacked the woman half an hour after they robbed a pensioner on the same stretch of Church Rd, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15.

O’Toole, with an address at The Nurseries, Mulhuddart, pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery on October 19, 2012.