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Teen caused more than €10,000 in damage at his care home
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court case, a 17‑year‑old boy pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to a care home and its car on 27 February 2015, with the damage amounting to €10,636. Judge Martin Nolan noted the boy had no prior convictions but was considered at high risk of re‑offending due to addictions and lack of parental support, according to a Probation Service report. He said the options for a non‑custodial sentence were "stark" and that the boy was not fit to be released into society. The boy was remanded at Oberstown Detention Centre awaiting a District Court case. The care home's house manager offered a place for the boy until he turns 18 and an after‑care programme thereafter. Judge Nolan adjourned the case until the District Court decision and asked for a report on the boy's supervision in the after‑care programme.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Teen caused more than €10,000 in damage at his care home. Charges or matters: causing criminal damage to the care home and to a car belonging to the home on February 27, 2015. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- February 27, 2015 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2015-11-25 Publication
Why: He noted that the teenager has no previous convictions but said he has concerns because a report from the Probation Service concluded that he was at a high risk of re-offending mainly due to his addictions and lack of parental support. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: causing criminal damage to the care home and to a car belonging to the home on February 27, 2015 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Martin Nolan said if he gave the teenager a non-custodial sentence he needed "some reassurance that he is not going to walk out of here with nowhere to go".; Garda Alan Rooney said the boy was currently on remand in Oberstown Detention Centre awaiting the finalisation of a case before the District Court.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- District Court. The house
- The house
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