Cork teen jailed for 18 months for frenzied bottle attack which went viral after it was filmed We believed our son was dead. Social media added another layer of hurt, said the victim s mother.
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Teenager jailed for stabbing another teen with bottle
Updated / Monday, 21 Dec 2020
20:08
The defendant was before Cork Circuit Criminal Court
A teenager who repeatedly stabbed another teenager with a broken glass vodka bottle, after he refused to give him €2 for a bus fare has been jailed for 18 months.
The defendant turned 18 since the attack in the Waterpark area of Carrigaline in County Cork in June of this year.
Cork Circuit Criminal Court was told that the youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left the 17-year-old for dead .
Detective Garda Declan Healy of Carrigaline Garda Station said the incident happened after 10pm on 6 June when the victim was approached by teenagers who told him to hand over €2 for a bus fare.
The court heard the incident was alleged to have happened at Monksfield Grove in Clondalkin on the morning of May 17, 2019.
Garda Sergeant Maria Callaghan told Judge David McHugh the DPP had consented to the case being heard in the district court subject to the issue of jurisdiction being considered.
The accused was driving a Toyota pickup and was in the area to collect waste from houses, Sgt Callaghan said, outlining the prosecution’s case.
It was deemed to be illegal collecting of waste and the alleged victim, a senior executive of South Dublin County Council was in the area monitoring the situation.
Coco’s Law on the distribution of intimate images by cyberbullies and others set to carry jail penalty Offences carrying penalties of an unlimited fine and/or up to 7 years imprisonment
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The distribution of intimate images without consent is set to become a criminal offence with confirmation that the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee has secured the approval to enact Coco’s Law.
The campaign which culminated in the new law was spearhead by Jackie Fox is the mother of Nicole ‘Coco’ Fox Fenlon. She lost her teenage daughter suicide in January 2018 after a campaign of cyberbullying.