Bottle-attack teen locked up
Tuesday November 17 2009
A teenager who threw a glass bottle in another boy's face leaving him with permanent scars has been sentenced to 18 months' detention with 12 months suspended.
Christopher Hull (18) of Marian Villas, Donegal town, grabbed the bottle from his friend's hand and threw it at the 15-year-old boy, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.
Hull pleaded guilty to assaulting the boy, a complete stranger, at Park West Avenue, Dublin 12, on May 21, 2007.
The boy spent two nights in hospital and underwent plastic surgery on his face.
Lonely time for holidaymakers
Friends' lack of funds is forcing more people to go on travel-alone 'solidays'.
As many as 15pc of holidaymakers took tours on their own in the past 12 months, a survey by ebookers.com found.
The poll showed that solo trips were growing in popularity because friends and family were finding it difficult to afford travel during the recessions.
