Boy found with stolen jewellery worth €64,000

A 16-year-old schoolboy was caught with €64,000 worth of stolen jewellery taken during the course of a house burglary in south Dublin, a court heard today..

The boy, who is originally from Romania, but living in Ireland with his family for the past eight years, was before the Children’s Court, charged with possessing stolen property, a diamond watch worth €30,000, a pearl necklace to the value of €10,000 and various diamond, gold rings and other jewellery, on November 23 last.