Teenager had fingers broken during assault by group of youths in south Dublin, court hears [Video]

A GROUP OF youths who broke a teenager’s fingers in south county Dublin told him not to mess with lads from their school again, a court has heard.

One of the group of perpetrators, Luke Daly (23), has had his sentence deferred after he pleaded guilty to simple assault at Rock Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin on 7 December 2019.

Daly, of Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Co Dublin, was one of ten or 20 youths who set upon the victim in what a judge said “may have been a case of mistaken identity”.

Daly admitted grabbing the victim’s jacket and pulling him to the ground, however, gardaí could not say that he had any role in kicking or hitting.

The victim suffered three fractured fingers when he was kicked by some of the youths as he went to get the DART home after attending a house party.

At Dublin Circuit Criminal Court …