Dublin teen spared sentence for online harassment of BBC journalist

AN “OBSESSIVE” DUBLIN youth has been spared jail and was handed a two-year probation supervision order for sustained online harassment of a BBC journalist.

Following submissions from defence counsel Aoife McNickle, Judge Kelly accepted he had discretion and that it was appropriate to extend reporting restrictions on publishing the youth’s identity because the case commenced when he was a minor. The youth had no further charges pending though concerns were raised about recent, but non-threatening, messages to two young women.Judge Kelly noted he could no longer activate the deferred juvenile detention order and imposed a two-year probation bond with conditions.

He had been previously cautioned about similar trolling of two RTE journalists and had an “unhealthy interest” in women journalists. Earlier, the court heard the HSE identified an appropriate facility. However, budget issues prevented it from being available.

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