'We knew something awful was going to happen', says mother of teen who slashed woman's neck

The boy has pleaded guilty to attempting to murder Stephanie Ng on 23 December 2017 at Sea Front, Queen’s Road, Dun Laoghaire.

- with reporting from Natasha Reid

The mother of a teenager who attempted to murder a woman he met online has told the Central Criminal Court that a mental health institution could not provide her son with a bed in the period leading up to the near-fatal assault.