No criminal record for protest teen

A Dublin youth has walked free from court with a conditional discharge despite being found guilty of the false imprisonment of Joan Burton during the Jobstown protest.

The 17-year-old boy denied falsely imprisoning the former Tánaiste and her advisor, Karen O’Connell, in two Garda cars for three hours during the demonstration at Fortunestown Rd in Jobstown, Tallaght, on November 15, 2014.

He went on trial at Dublin Children’s Court and faced the possibility of custodial sentence of up to two years.