Council worker broke teen's nose

A council worker who broke a teenage boy’s nose in the mistaken belief he had sexually assaulted his 13-year-old daughter has been ordered to carry out 100 hours community service in lieu of a prison sentence.

Maurice Rooney (aged 46), Hampton Green, Balbriggan pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assaulting the 16-year-old victim causing him harm on January 13, 2005.