Bloody-swastika teenager has case adjourned

Sentencing of a teenager, who daubed a swastika symbol with his own blood onto the all of a Garda station cell, has been adjourned.

Judge Ann Ryan remanded the teen on continuing bail to appear again in the Dublin Children’s Court for sentencing next month to give more time for a probation report on him to be furnished.

He had been arrested after gardaí prevented the teen, who was drunk, from falling in front of cars as he staggered along a pavement.

The 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty to two charges for travelling as a passenger in stolen cars in late 2005, which were raced through north Co Dublin until they were crashed.

He also admitted further charges for being intoxicated to such an extent that he was a danger to himself and others and criminal damage, on September 15 last.

Garda Robin Madden said he found the teenager on “staggering along the footpath in front of on coming traffic” at the Finglas Road, in Finglas, Dublin.

“He was danger to himself and others and when I stopped him he became aggressive and threatened a Garda that he “would blow his head off".

The boy was then taken to Finglas Garda station. “While detained in the Garda station he smeared blood on the cell wall in the design of a swastika.” The cell had to be fumigated later.

Defence solicitor Sarah Molloy said the boy, who had no previous convictions, and who was accompanied to court by his mother, had developed a drug addiction problem.

This came following the tragic death of a relative. He has been trying to battle his addiction and has been drug free for the last six months. However since then he has been abusing alcohol heavily.

He had left school after he completed the Junior Certificate and has enrolled on a training course. Efforts have also begun to have him commence a placement in a drug rehabilitation centre.

His parents have stood by him and were taking the offences he committed very seriously Ms Molloy also informed the court.