12-year-old boy beat man in head with pole during car jacking, court hears

A then 12-year-old Dublin boy accused of repeatedly beating a man to the head and body with a metal pole during a car hi-jacking has been remanded in custody, writes Tom Tuite.

The boy, now aged 13, who cannot be named because he is a minor, is charged with unlawfully seizing and taking control of a 04’reg Ford Fiesta by force and being armed with a large metal pole during the incident in a residential area in Tallaght, in Dublin last August.