Boy admits assaults on mother and sister

A 17-year-old boy assaulted his mother, his sister, took part in a gang attack on a bus driver and has gone on to threaten his probation officer who has been attempting to help him, a court has heard.

The boy, who is from Dublin’s south side, had pleaded guilty at the Children’s Court to two separate assaults on his mother, on dates in September and January last at their family home. He also admitted attacking his sister and criminally damaging furniture in the house during the second incident.