A Dublin teenager has been told by the Children's Court that he cannot accompany his 15-year-old girlfriend to England, where she is planning to have an abortion.
The boy who is facing a robbery charge was released on bail with strict conditions. The Children's Court heard that the 16-year-old boy's anti social behaviour in his west Dublin neighbourhood is putting his family at risk of eviction from their council home.
The prosecuting garda told that there was an objection to bail based on concerns that the teenager had indicated that he is planning on travelling to England if released on bail.
Judge Thomas Fitzpatrick consented to grant bail under strict terms warning the teenager that if there were any breaches of the conditions he would be remanded in custody.
The boy said his girlfriend is going to have an abortion and that he had planned on travelling to England with her. "You are not to go to England, indeed your girlfriend should not be going to England either," the judge said.
The teenager was also warned that as part of his bail conditions he has to remain indoors at his home from 10pm to 8am, sign on daily at Ronanstown Garda Station and to abstain from alcohol and illicit drugs.