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Probation report ordered for Indian national who tried to abduct boy (5)
Summary
In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing, a judge ordered Probation Services to assess Visak Rajesh Leela, a 26‑year‑old Indian national, after he pleaded guilty to attempting to abduct a five‑year‑old boy outside an apartment building in September. The boy's older sister pushed Leela away and the children fled. Gardaí footage showed Leela signalling to the boy, running after him, and pulling him toward the door before the sister pushed him back into bushes. Leela claimed he was intoxicated, had no memory of the incident, and suggested he might have known the children. He had attended a party at the complex, returned after a call, and was not visibly intoxicated at the time of the incident. The judge adjourned the case to 28 April, remanded Leela on bail, and directed a Probation Services report to evaluate his risk of re‑offending.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Probation report ordered for Indian national who tried to abduct boy (5). Charges or matters: the attempted abduction on September 14 last from an apartment block in Dublin. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 14 Incident
- April 28 Adjournment
- October 2023 Incident
- 2025-03-14 Publication
Why: Gda McDermott explained that the boy's sister ran out after her little brother and managed to push the defendant in the back into bushes. CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: the attempted abduction on September 14 last from an apartment block in Dublin (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Garda Laura McDermott told his sentence hearing yesterday that Leela was leaving a party at the apartment block at 9 o'clock that evening, when he encountered two children playing outside.; After hearing the facts of the case yesterday, Judge Martin Nolan adjourned the case to today when he directed the preparation of a report by the Probation Services.
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