A TEENAGER described by a judge as “a risk to the public at large” skipped court today after he dodged custody earlier in the week when the State’s main juvenile detention centre was full. Following objections to bail at a hearing on Wednesday, Judge John O’Connor said the teenager was "a risk to himself, a risk to his mother and a risk to the public at large". Custody was warranted, however, bail with a curfew condition had to be granted instead after the judge heard there were no places available in Oberstown detention centre. His mother arrived at court on Thursday for a resumption of the proceedings but the teenager did not show up. The court heard that the boy fled but when he arrived home Garda Cassidy was still there and he was arrested.

Source: Irish Independent February 08, 2018 17:15 UTC