A youth accused of tearing hair from a woman’s head during a violent phone snatch in Dublin city-centre has been granted bail.
The boy, aged 17, has been charged with robbery of a mobile phone from a 27-year-old woman, last Monday at Beresford Place, Dublin 1.
He was held in custody following his arrest about 10 minutes after the robbery and was brought before Dublin Children’s Court yesterday.
Garda Alan Power objected to bail on the grounds the teen might abscond. Gda Power said it would be alleged the youth approached the woman and grabbed her phone which she was holding to her ear.
The incident was witnessed by a plain clothes garda but when the teenager was arrested the stolen phone, worth €480, was not recovered, Gda Power added.
Judge Ryan ordered the youth to obey a curfew from 9pm to 7am and sign on daily at his local Garda station.