Pregnant teen sentenced for part in gang assault

An expectant teenage mother has received a two-year suspended sentence after she was one of a 'group of thugs' that set upon a man and an off-duty garda who had come to the aid of a theft victim.

The 17-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to assault causing harm to Brian Lenihan and assaulting garda John Conneally on June 13, 2007.