13-year-old linked to 60% of Rathfarnham and Tallaght burglaries

A 13-year-old boy who had been suspected of committing 60% of burglaries in Rathfarnham and Tallaght, despite being on the educational level of a pupil in senior infants’ class, has been committed to a detention school for two years.

The boy, who was out of school and has learning difficulties and behavioural problems, had been convicted at the Dublin Children’s Court for a string of burglary offences committed over a five-month period, which ended in March when he was remanded in custody.