'Out-of-control' teenager convicted of multiple offences around West Cork

Boy, 16, convicted of assaulting gardaí, assaulting members of the public, criminal damage, theft of a mobile phone, being drunk in a public place and possession of a controlled drug on four separate dates in April and May of this year

Teenager assaulted a garda by pulling her hair and pushing her to the ground and on another occasion called gardaí 'f*****g pigs', court heard

A teenager who committed multiple offences in West Cork this April and May was described by Judge James McNulty at a sitting of Clonakilty District Court as “out of control” and “a case of great concern to the court.” 

The 16-year-old was convicted of numerous offences including assaulting gardaí, assaulting members of the public, criminal damage, theft of a mobile phone, being drunk in a public place and possession of a controlled drug on four separate dates in April and May of this year.