Girl, 17, threw boiling water over social worker, court hears

A 17-year-old Dublin girl who was having "a bad come-down" on prescription drugs when she scalded her social worker has had her sentence adjourned by Judge Patricia Ryan until November.

She pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Mr David McGrath at the Millbrook Lawns Care Centre in Tallaght on November 15, 2006 by throwing a jug of boiling water over him.