Teen offender accused of taking part in unprovoked attack

A first-time teen offender, who took part in an unprovoked attack where a man was repeatedly kicked to his head and left needing reconstructive surgery, has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

The 17-year-old boy had pleaded guilty at the Children’s Court to assault causing harm to the man (aged 36) at Aughrim Street, in Dublin city-centre, in September last year, after he got drunk at a debs’ ball.