Father-to-be, 15, escapes prosecution for mugging

A 15-year-old boy, who is about to become a father, and already has 29 criminal conviction has escaped prosecution for an alleged mugging of a foreign national.

The out of school teenage father-to-be, who has a litany of convictions for burglaries, had been charged with robbing the man’s wallet which contained €80, at Dawson Lane, D2, on September 26 last.