He’s nine and four feet tall: The boy accused of mugging

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy arrested in connection with a mugging appeared in court yesterday, making him the youngest child to face a criminal prosecution in Ireland in recent years.

The boy, who had a shaved head, dressed in jeans, hooded top and runners at his first appearance at Dublin Children’s Court.

He was barely visible as he sat in the defendants’ bench and remained silent throughout.