Sex assault case against teen with 'intellectual difficulties' dismissed

A judge has dismissed the case against a teenager suffering from “severe intellectual difficulties” who was accused of sexually assaulting two girls, on the ground that he did not understand his actions.

A judge has dismissed the case against a teenager suffering from “severe intellectual difficulties” who was accused of sexually assaulting two girls, on the grounds that he did not understand his actions.

The youth now aged 19 has been charged at the Children’s Court with sexual assault of two teenage girls, in north Dublin, on dates in 2006 and 2007, when he was aged 17, a juvenile.