A court heard yesterday how the Earl of Rosse was kicked and punched by a youth near the entrance gates to Birr Castle.
Lord Rosse needed seven stitches to two facial injuries, and two of his teeth were chipped following the attack on March 5th at Oxmantown Mall.
Trevor O'Shea (17), of Bulfin Park, pleaded guilty at Ballyforan Court yesterday to assaulting Lord Rosse occasioning actual bodily harm.
When told that the accused had previously pleaded guilty to charges of assault, arson and larceny which were still before the court, Judge James O'Sullivan adjourned all matters to Birr court on April 12th, for sentence.