Teenager punched victim in face after phone demand

A teenage drug addict, who launched an unprovoked attack on a young boy while they were travelling on a Dublin Bus, has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

The 17-year-old boy had pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to the boy and making demands with menaces from him, which occurred on the number 83 Dublin Bus from the city-centre to Finglas, on August 4 last year.