Repeat teen offender remanded on bail pending sentence

A repeat teen offender, who violently resisted arrest when was caught driving a stolen car, has been remanded on bail pending sentence by the Dublin Children’s Court.

The 17-year-old boy, who has 18 prior convictions, pleaded guilty to resisting arrest, using a stolen car, driving without insurance and criminal damage to the door and cowling of the vehicle, at Cluain Rí, in Lucan, in Dublin, on May 9 last.