Car-jack accused, 13, awaits sentence

A then 12-year-old Dublin boy is awaiting sentence after admitting he took part in a car jacking during which he beat a man to the head and body with a metal pole, 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 in August last year.