Teenager pleads guilty to assault causing harm

A teenager has pleaded guilty to attacking a man who was beaten up on his way to a neighbourhood watch meeting.

The boy, aged 15, was charged with assault causing harm in connection with the incident in Tyrrelstown, Dublin, on a date in August last year. The defendant, who cannot be named because he is a minor, was aged 14 at the time.

He appeared at Dublin Children’s Court yesterday when bail was revoked as a result of breaching conditions set down by the judge at an earlier stage.