8 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BOTTLE ATTACK AT SPANISH ARCH

Date Published: 24-Sep-2009

The juvenile court system is not working with up to 90percent of children reoffending because the courts are “soft” on them, a District Court Judge has said.Judge Mary Fahy made the comments while imposing eight months detention on 19 year old, Jamie Cronin, of 24 Cluain Riocaird, Headford Road.He was convicted for a serious and gratuitous assault on a man with a bottle at the Spanish Arch in the city in July 2008.Jamie Cronin appeared before the juvenile court in Galway over a lengthy period as a child.