Student stabbed for his mobile, court told

A teenager mugged a student at knife point and then stabbed him three times for his mobile phone, the Dublin Children’s Court heard Tuesday.

Garda Keith Halley of Santry garda station told Judge Thomas Fitzpatrick that it was alleged that a Dublin City University student had left his accommodation at Shanowen Square, in Santry, in Dublin, when he was approached by the 17-year-old boy and two others.