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A l7-YEAR-OLD who refused to co-operate with the welfare services after being in court on 12 charges re- solved to follow instructions after a stint in custody.
The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was before Ennis
District Court on charges including stealing a car, theft of a generator and fraud.
Judge Joseph Mangan heard that the boy had been in custody since the be- ginning of November and read a re- port from the probation and welfare service which said he was not engag- ing with the after-care services.
But his solicitor, Marina Keane said the boy had been in custody since November 4 “and does not want to go back there. He knows now what he has to do and is willing to do a FAS course and co-operate with the Services.”
Judge Mangan said that the charges were of a Serious nature and he did
not want to see the accused go out of the hands of the court entirely.
He fined him €100 and disquali- fied him from driving for five years on the car theft charge.
On other charges he placed him on probation for two years and remand- ed him on bail on the two remaining charges to April 11.