Teen called in hoax bomb threat to garda station from holding cell demanding release of republican prisoner

Clontarf Garda Station

March 31 2023 03:27 PM

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A Dublin youth telephoned a hoax bomb threat to a Garda station demanding release from a holding cell, and that a republican prisoner be let out of jail, a court heard.

The 17-year-old had been detained at Clontarf Garda station but had sneaked a phone in with him and “feigned a northern accent” when he made two 999 calls from inside a holding Cell.