Car hijacking accused returned for trial

A teenager, who allegedly violently hijacked a car and forced a woman to drive at speed as he held an implement to her throat, all in front of her small child, has been returned for trial to the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The 17-year-old west Dublin boy is facing charges at the Children’s Court for theft of a woman’s car from the yellow car park in the Liffey Valley shopping centre and theft of a jersey from the vehicle, on March 17 last.