A student involved in the “extreme bullying” of a younger pupil at a Limerick school is to make a €1,000 contribution to a court poor box in lieu of an assault conviction.
Solicitor Ted McCarthy, defending, claimed there had been “little or no supervision” of the students in the school at the time of the bullying, which he said was “akin to a time of ‘Lord of The Flies’”. The accused, now in his early 20s, apologised for what had occurred, and said he would “never do it again”. The court heard that, at the time of the bullying, he was stressed because of a family matter.
“It is a very good essay and I do think it would be very worthwhile for schools to read it,” Judge Marian O’Leary said.
Thought the poor box was banned.
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