A teenage boy who pushed his bike at a teenage girl on a DART station, causing her to fall headfirst off the platform and become briefly trapped beside a train, will avoid a detention sentence.
A video of the April 2021 incident at Howth Junction DART station, which was leaked online, went on to be viewed 100 million times worldwide, the victim in the case told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday in her victim impact statement.
The girl, who was present in court with her parents, said she felt “let down” by Irish Rail, with the investigating garda telling the court it was believed the CCTV footage was leaked from within the company.
