Teenage Jobstown protestor to appeal verdict

A teenager found guilty of the false imprisonment of Joan Burton during the Jobstown protest has commenced proceedings to have his conviction overturned.

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 the Fortunestown Road in Jobstown in Tallaght, on November 15, 2014.

He was found guilty last month following his trial at the Dublin Children’s Court but was spared a custodial sentence. Judge John King imposed a conditional discharge providing the youth does not re-offend in the next nine months.