A teenage boy is alleged to have shot two men with an “improvised firearm” and attacked another person with a stick during rioting at Dublin’s Smithfield horse fair in March, a court has heard.
The boy (17), who cannot be identified because he is a juvenile, had been remanded in custody earlier after he was charged at the Dublin Children’s Court with violent disorder and unlawful possession of an “improvised firearm” in connection with the non-fatal shooting on March 6th last.
He made his sixth court appearance yesterday for a preliminary hearing to determine whether the trial would stay in the Children’s Court or be sent to the Circuit Court, which has wider sentencing powers.