Boy, 15, broke teen’s jaw during attack with a stick

A 15-year-old whacked another teenager across the face with a stick, breaking his jaw during a fracas at the skate park in Cork, and yesterday, he was sentenced to six months detention.

The culprit cannot be identified because of his age. Judge Olann Kelleher sentenced him to six months in Oberstown detention centre yesterday on a charge of assault causing harm at an in camera hearing of Cork District Court.

The defendant was 15 at the time of the assault causing harm offence on March 17, 2015, at the skate park in the Mardyke, Cork.