A 14-year-old in Dublin has been given a two-month deferred sentence, a four-year driving ban and placed on supervised probation for a year.
Dublin's Children's Court heard today that the teenager was on bail at the time of most of his offences.
The schoolboy, described as "fascinated with cars", was given a two-month deferred sentence, a four-year driving ban and placed on supervised probation for a year.
He pleaded guilty to four motor thefts, dangerous driving, criminal damage, having no licence or insurance, and a phone snatch.
Garda Philip Nash gave evidence about five incidents in south and west Dublin in 2021 and earlier this year.
The incidents included the teen driving a stolen car on the evening of July 22nd in the Cherry Orchard area in Ballyfermot.
Garda Nash said the boy "made no attempt to conceal his identity" and "performed a handbrake turn in front of a large group of onlookers".
Other offences included using a vice grips and a butter knife to steal a car and snatching a mobile phone worth 600 euro in Drimnagh last December.
The court will review the case in June when the sentence could be activated depending on his progress.
A further probation report on the boy's conduct was commissioned.
In the meantime, he must obey a curfew, stay in school, remain out of parts of Ballyfermot and not drive any motor vehicle.
