Dublin canal attack teen on remand

A 15-year-old boy accused of taking part in a gang attack where a man was stabbed 20 times and forced into the Royal Canal in Dublin will be served with a book of evidence next week.

The youth, then aged 14 and who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared at Dublin Children’s Court charged with assault causing harm to the man in his 30s in the early hours of May 18 last year.

Judge John O’Neill agreed to a request by the DPP’s solicitor to further adjourn the case until next week to allow more time for the book of evidence to be completed. Two co-defendants will also be before the court on August 30.