Teenager detained for six months for Cherry Orchard Garda car ramming

The schoolboy, accompanied to court by family, had pleaded guilty to endangerment of two garda officers' lives, a motor theft offence, criminal damage and dangerous driving
Teenager detained for six months for Cherry Orchard Garda car ramming

Footage of the incident in Cherry Orchard went viral on social media last year.

A Dublin youth has received a six-month custodial sentence for endangering two female gardaí in a patrol vehicle which was rammed by stolen cars in Ballyfermot last year.

The 16-year-old boy, who later used a high-powered electric motorbike on bail while "goading" gardaí, had his case finalised at the Dublin Children's Court on Tuesday.

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