A 16-year-old boy appears in court charged with the murder of Glen Osborne in Ballybough, Dublin



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A teenager was detained with a recommendation that he receive a mental health evaluation after being charged with the murder of a young man who was allegedly stabbed to death near his home in Dublin.

Future father Glen Osborne, 20, of Taafe Place, Ballybough, Dublin 3, was stabbed in the upper body in a parking lot outside Ballybough House, just before 10 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15.

Paramedics treated him on the scene before he was transferred to Mater Hospital, where he died shortly thereafter.

Glen Osborne

A 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, from Dublin’s northern city center, had been arrested and detained at Mountjoy Garda station.

He appeared before a special late session of the Dublin Children’s Court tonight.

Dressed in a gray blouse, black sweatpants, and joggers, his visibly upset mother accompanied him from the custody section to the courtroom.

Judge Brendan Toale gave his grandparents and an aunt permission to sit during proceedings that the general public is not allowed to attend.

His mother sat closer to the boy, who remained silent throughout the hearing, looking around the court and looking at his family during the hearing.

Due to the coronavirus crisis, the courtroom was partitioned with a glass barrier.

Evidently, Detective Sergeant Kenneth Hoare told Judge Brendan Toale that the teenager was arrested at 4:38 p.m. for the purpose of charging him today, following the instructions of the director of
Public prosecutions (DPP).

“In response to the charge after caution, he had no response, no response at all,” said Detective Sgt. Hoare.

The teenager, charged in the presence of his mother, received a copy of the charge sheet, according to the court.

Judge Toale said that given the nature of the charge and the boy’s age, he was satisfied to provide legal assistance.

The Juvenile Court has no jurisdiction to consider a request for bail in a murder case.

Defense attorney Brian Keenan indicated his consent to pretrial detention for a week.

He also said he wanted to point out to the court that he had “very important concerns” about the boy’s mental health. This, he said, was “intensified” due to the fact that his client was a boy, 16, who was facing a murder charge.

He requested a court recommendation from the director of the Oberstown Juvenile Detention Center for a multidisciplinary evaluation of the child in custody.

Keenan said, “That will help everyone move forward with this case.”

Judge Toale said he had no difficulty recommending the mental health evaluation.

The boy was held in custody to appear again on April 24 to receive formal instructions from the DPP.

At the end of the hearing, the teenager briefly spoke to his distraught family, who hugged and kissed him, before being escorted out of the courtroom to await transfer to the Oberstown Detention Center.

You have not yet indicated how it will be declared.

Due to the nature of the charge, a request for bail would have to be filed with the Superior Court.

Section 93 of the Juveniles Act states that no report will be published or included in a transmission that reveals the name, address or school of any child involved in the process or that includes details that may lead to the identification of any child. involved in the process. .

The judge said these reporting restrictions were applied.

Glen Osborne

The scene in which Mr. Osborne was injured, which is ignored for several floors, was preserved for technical and forensic examination.

Gardai has asked for witnesses or persons with information to come forward. They are particularly interested in talking to any
motorists, taxi drivers in particular, with dash camera images of the Ballybough area around the time of the incident.

Shortly before his death, Mr. Osborne posted ultrasound photos with a message for his unborn child. It said, “I can’t wait‘ until you’re
born, to see you, to obtain a bond father and son, I will be there for you no matter what ………. you will be born in the next months and you will never have me out of your life.



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