DDP to rule in case of boy with knife

A decision is awaited on whether a prosecution will proceed against a 12-year-old Dublin boy accused of possessing a knife and producing a hammer in an assault during a school meeting with a teacher.

The boy faced his second hearing at the Dublin Children’s Court yesterday.

However, Judge John O’Connor explained to the teen and his mother that, due to the boy’s young age, the Director of Public Prosecutions must give a special direction as to whether the case will go ahead.