Teenager pleads guilty to breaking garda’s jaw

A Dublin teenager has pleaded guilty to breaking a garda’s jaw after he was stopped for driving illegally.

One garda suffered a broken jaw and his colleague was also seriously assaulted during the incident in Ballyfermot on September 1 last.

Judge John O’Connor adjourned the case until next month to allow time to prep-are a pre-sentence probation report on the 17-year-old.