'Dangerous' 18-year-old jailed for 13 years

A "very dangerous" teenager has been given a 13-year prison sentence by Judge Michael White for a litany of violent crimes including robbery, hijacking, assault and threatening to kill gardaí.

Leon Wright (aged 18) was sentenced at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 25 charges across five bills of indictment. He had 44 previous convictions for crimes including escape from custody, assault, making threats to kill, criminal damage, burglary, car theft and threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour.