No jail for teenager involved in Howth junction disorder where girl fell head-first under Dart

When gardaí asked him why he left after the girl fell off the platform, he replied: "I felt bad I didn't help her; I was in shock."

CCTV footage emerged of a 17-year-old girl at Howth junction station falling between the platform and a stationary train on April 1 last year. File photo

A Dublin youth has been spared a custodial sentence for a "daunting" incident that led to a teenage girl getting knocked head-first under a Dart train.

The 17-year-old, who accepted his presence was intimidating, was released on six months of supervised probation on Tuesday.