Elderly woman's ring finger broken in Dublin burglary

A teenager appeared in court today charged with taking part in a burglary in Dublin where an elderly woman was traumatised and suffered a broken finger when an engagement ring was forcibly taken from her.

The boy (aged 15), who is from Tallaght, had been charged at the Dublin Children's Court burglary at Gledswood Park, in Clonskeagh, on the evening of September 13 last year.