Girl, 17, avoids jail for garda station fire

A 17-year-old girl, who developed a drink problem, started a fire in a Garda station and attacked three female officers, after she was thrown on the streets by her mentally ill mother, has been spared a custodial sentence.

At the Dublin Children’s Court yesterday (MON) the teenage girl was placed on probation for one year. However, Judge Aeneus McCarthy warned her: “You are at last chance saloon. You will serve a sentence if you commit any further crimes.”