No jail for teenager over attack on woman who was pushed into canal after racist abuse

The judge imposed a nine-month probation bond saying he had already used up two lifelines, "but I think you can do it".

The section of the Royal Canal where Xeudan Xiong was pushed into the canal. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A second teenager has been spared a custodial sentence for attacking a Chinese woman who was pushed into a canal in Dublin after she stood up to youths making racial insults.

Video footage of the incident went viral on social media site TikTok almost three years ago. It showed the woman remonstrating with boys who laughed as she was suddenly shoved into the Royal Canal after she was subjected to racial taunts.