16-year-old girl to stand trial in assault case
A schoolgirl accused of attacking a man, who was cut and scarred when he tried to protect a tourist allegedly assaulted by a teen gang, has been served with a book of evidence and sent forward for trial at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
The girl (16) had been charged at the Children’s Court with assault causing harm to a man, at a bus stop on the Swords Road, in north Dublin, on December 13 last. She is also accused of attacking a woman at Swords Road, in Dublin, on the same date.