Garda-attack teen locked up

A teenager, who subjected a Garda to a vicious sustained attack, has been remanded in custody by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

The 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty at the Children’s Court to seven offences for motor theft, driving without a licence and insurance, obstruction of two gardaí and assaulting two gardaí, on July 7 last year, in the Cherry Orchard area in west Dublin, when he was aged 15.