Case deemed 'too serious' for Children's Court

The case of a 17-year-old boy who allegedly beat a man’s head off a pavement repeatedly is too serious to be heard in the Children’s Court, a judge has ruled.

The boy was charged at the Children’s Court today with assault causing harm to a man, on Shangan Road, Ballymun, in north Dublin, on October 6 last. He made no reply when the charge was put to him.