DPP TO RECEIVE FILES ON ALLEGED INCIDENT AT MOUNTBELLEW SCHOOL

Date Published: 09-Apr-2008

Files are being sent to the DPP via the National Juvenile Office in relation to an alleged incident at Mountbellew Vocational School in February. A 15 year-old girl claims she was tied up and blindfolded by a group of male students during school hours on Friday the 22nd of February. Superintendent Peadar Carney of Ballinasloe Garda Station has confirmed to Galway Bay fm News that Gardai have concluded their investigation.Superintendent Carney said a substantial number of people have been interviewed as part of the Garda investigation into the alleged incident at the school, which is run under the auspices of County Galway VEC. He said the investigating file will now be transmitted to the Director of the National Juvenile Office in accordance with the Childrens Act, for onward transmission to the Director of Public Prosecutions.