Teen girl with screwdriver spared jail over threat to youth

Troubled girl pleaded guilty to theft and possessing a weapon

The girl had been in the care of Tusla for years and had struggled with her mental health but was 'in a much better place now', the court was told.

A troubled girl who was drunk and carrying a screwdriver when she held a teenage boy up at knifepoint in Dublin St Stephen's Green has been spared a sentence and a criminal conviction.

The girl, 16, pleaded guilty at the Dublin Children's Court to theft and possessing a weapon.