16-year-old mugged three people in 20 mins to fund €50-a-day cannabis habit

The boy was also convicted of assault causing harm after he punched and then beat a youth centre worker with a stick. It happened after he was told to get out of a centre in Crumlin in August last year.

A 16-year-old Dublin boy has been given a six-month suspended sentence for an unprovoked assault and a spate of vicious robberies to fund his €50-a-day cannabis habit.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at the Dublin Children’s Court to three robberies which occurred in the space of 20 minutes, at St Vincent Street West and at Goldenbridge Walk on July 11, 2018.