Teen phoned hoax threat demanding his own release from holding cell
A "creative" Dublin youth who 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, has received a two-month sentence.
READ MORE: Spain manhunt as man suspected of sending drugs to Ireland abandons car with massive marijuana haul He had initially denied the charge but entered a guilty plea when his trial was about to start, and prosecution witnesses had come to court. The teen had "feigned a northern accent and was demanding the release of all prisoners at Clontarf Garda station. The court there were "explicit threats that a bomb would be detonated if he was not released by 2 am".
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