A 16-year old boy from Co Clare has been accused of carrying out a knife attack that left another male with head injuries that required more than 80 stitches.
Garda Bríon Dolan told Ennis Children’s Court on Friday that the accused’s mother drove him to the scene of the alleged assault on June 13th last in west Co Clare.
CCTV footage of the alleged assault showed the 16-year-old getting out of the car armed with a large kitchen knife. The alleged assault took place moments later in broad daylight.
After viewing photos of the injuries, Judge Alec Gabbett said the injured party required “upwards of 80 stitches with a view to putting back his forehead together again and also fixing his ear”.
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Judge Gabbett said the injured party will be left “with a significant scar wound for the rest of his life” and that he also sustained two puncture stab wounds to his back.
The accused is charged with assault causing harm on a street in a Co Clare town on June 13th last. He is also charged with producing a large kitchen knife during the course of a dispute at the same location on the same date.
Garda Dolan said there was an argument between two 14-year-olds outside a retailer in the west Clare town, one of whom was a younger brother of the accused.
Garda Dolan said the accused arrived at the scene in his mother’s car looking for his brother and could not find him. The accused exited the car soon afterwards at a junction.
Statements provided to gardaí alleged that the accused made a beeline for the alleged injured party.
Garda Dolan played the CCTV evidence showing the alleged assault. He also handed in photographs of the injuries sustained on the day of the alleged assault and photographs taken two days later, along with a medical report.
Solicitor Monica Roche, for the accused, said that on the day and before the alleged assault, the alleged injured party had attacked the younger brother of the accused.
Judge Gabbett said the case is “too serious” for the District Court and directed that the 16-year-old go before Ennis Circuit Court.
