Teenage boy sentenced for attempted murder in Dún Laoghaire

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A teenage boy was sentenced to 11 years for attempted murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 4 November 2019. The sentence was imposed for the attack on a woman at Sea Front, Queen’s Road, Dún Laoghaire, on 23 December 2017. The boy, who cannot be named because of his age, was 15 when he attacked the woman after meeting her online. He choked her unconscious and slashed her neck with a knife. The sentence was to be reviewed in 2023 after five years in custody, when a judge could suspend some or all of the remaining term.