Boy, 17, part of armed raid which threatened to kill garda

A Dublin teenager has admitted taking part in an armed robbery during which an off-duty garda was told he was going to be shot.

Garda Brendan O'Toole had an imitation gun pointed his head when he tackled raiders at a shop on Mountpleasant Avenue in Ranelagh, south Dublin, on May 22, the Dublin Children's Court heard.