Down syndrome boy ‘kidnap’ trial

A man has been sent forward for trial accused of kidnapping a six-year-old boy with Down syndrome who became separated from his family in Dublin city centre.

David Ryan, 27, with an address at Foxdene Avenue, Clondalkin in Dublin, but who was described as being of no fixed abode, was originally charged with false imprisonment of the boy at Liffey Street on June 11 last.

The small child, who is unable to communicate, was allegedly found when a security guard noticed him alone on a street.