Teen may have to meet street crime victims face to face, judge says

A youth who tore a clump of hair from a woman's head during violent phone snatch in Dublin city-centre, has been told he could be expected to meet street crime victims face to face as part of a crime diversion plan.

The boy, aged 17, who has pleaded guilty at the Dublin Children's Court to taking a HTC phone worth €480 from the 27-year-old woman, during a robbery on the evening of February 25 last at Beresford Place, in the city centre, was granted bail today.