Trial date set for girl accused of attacking 8-year-old

Evidence will be given via video-link in the trial of a teenage girl accused of attacking an eight-year-old boy.

The girl (aged 15) has pleaded not guilty at the Children's Court to assaulting the boy, contrary to Section Two of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Persons Act, in Crumlin, in south Dublin, on a date last November.