Rugby player convicted on assault charges

A young rugby player who assaulted the 14-year-old son of a garda has been ordered to carry out 25 hours community service in lieu of three months imprisonment.

Rudi Vij (aged 18), of Glencairn Park, The Gallops, Sandyford, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting John Peters causing him harm on October 25, 2004.