Boy, 16, set for trial on charges of raping girl
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at the Dublin Children’s Court where he was served with a book of evidence.
Judge John O’Connor warned the boy, who was accompanied to the hearing by his mother, that if he intended to use an alibi in his defence he must notify the prosecution. He said the teenager, who remains on bail, was being returned for trial to appear on a later date during the current term of the Central Criminal Court.
The boy faces two counts of raping a named girl, who is in her mid-teens, at a location in north Dublin on a date in July last year. It is also alleged he raped the girl, sexually assaulted her, and assaulted her causing harm, at a second location, a shopping centre, in the same vicinity on the same day.
The boy was aged 15 at the time. The DPP had directed he must face trial on indictment at the Central Criminal Court. The defence could not make submissions pleading for the case to be kept in the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
Earlier, Det Sgt Kieran Devine said the boy made no reply when the charges were put to him.
