Judge Paul Kelly agreed with the Director of Public Prosecutions at the Dublin Children’s Court that the case should go toa higher court. Photograph: Tom Honan
A teenager accused of extortion while armed with a machine gun during a violent burglary in Dublin was “born into a world where he was induced to commit crime”, a court has heard.
The 17-year-old and a teenage co-defendant were initially denied bail on June 14th but freed because the Oberstown Detention Campus in Dublin had no room at that time.
A warrant is still out for the arrest of the co-d
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