Girl who threatened garda's children gets probation

A 17-year-old girl, who threatened to burn down a Garda’s home and then said she would slit his children’s throats after she attacked him, has been given the benefit of the Probation Act.

The girl had been caught drinking in a public place and when her alcohol was confiscated by gardai she reacted violently and later created havoc at a garda station, the Dublin Children’s Court had heard.