€50k for Dublin boy after head trapped in electric gates

A seven-year-old boy, who was injured when his head was trapped in electric security gates, was yesterday awarded over €50,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Judge John Aylmer heard Lee McCabe was four when the gates closed on his head. He was rescued by a neighbour who heard him crying for help.

Conor Kearney, for Lee, told the court that Circuit Court president Mr Justice Raymond Groarke last year rejected a €37,000 assessment by the Personal Injuries Board.