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A 17-YEAR-OLD has been denied bail after gardai charged him with a burglary at a pensioner’s home.
The 72-year-old man is in hospital after being attacked at Celbridge, Co Kildare.
He was brought to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, where his condition is described as serious but stable.
A number of suspects left the scene on foot – one was on a scrambler bike, stolen from the property.
In a follow-up search, gardai arrested a 17-year-old boy early on Wednesday and he was taken to Leixlip Garda Station.
The youth, who is from Dublin but cannot be named because of his age, appeared before Judge
Paul Kelly at Dublin’s Children’s Court yesterday.
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Garda Aoife Leacy opposed bail and told the court the boy “made no reply” when charged in the presence of his mother.
Judge Kelly refused bail and remanded the boy in custody to the Oberstown detention centre to appear again next Wednesday.
Other charges included unlawfully driving a stolen motor vehicle without a licence or insurance, theft of three electric bicycles.
He is also accused of stealing €73 of fuel from an M50 service station, motor theft, and criminal damage in Dublin from December to February 4.
There was also a charge for an alleged trespass in Dublin in July 2020.