A teenager who carried out an arson attack at his own home after his mother refused to help him pay a drug debt when he was 14 will be sentenced in May.
Judge Brendan Toale was furnished with a report from the Probation Service on Friday which recommended a six-month period of continued supervision.However, there was no objection to the case being adjourned until May with conditions the boy would continue to engage with the the Probation Service and an education plan, and not come to Garda attention.
The teen was crying, said Det Garda Jennings, adding that it was his opinion the boy was genuinely remorseful. The court had heard that the mother reported the incidents because of the difficulties in getting support services for her son’s mental health problems. ACTS is Child & Family Agency service that provides multidisciplinary consultation, assessment and focused interventions to young people who have high risk behaviours associated with complex clinical needs.His mother has told the court the teenager had been attending attending drug abuse counselling which has to be completed before he can attend a mental health facility.He had also been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Oh wow
The Mother is very fortunate this was all that happened