Boy sentenced for Luas paint assault and criminal damage

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A 16-year-old boy was sentenced to three years’ detention, with the final 18 months suspended, for assault and criminal damage at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 5 December 2016.

He threw black paint at another teenager on a crowded Luas, covering other passengers and damaging the carriage.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded guilty to two assault charges and criminal damage.

Judge Melanie Greally described the assaults as violent and vicious, while accepting his later admissions and co-operation with Gardaí.