Teen who embarked on crime spree is given 10 months

A 17-year-old boy, who lashed out at a garda with a wooden baton during a crimewave, has been given a 10-month sentence, by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

He pleaded guilty to a spate of trespassing, joyriding, criminal damage and public order offences committed in Dublin over a one-month period.