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Case No. 18827Criminal damage · Co. Donegal · 12 Dec 2023

Gardaí appeal for boy over car scrape on Letterkenny Main Street

At 7:30pm on Tuesday, 12 December 2023, a boy was understood to have deliberately caused a large scrape to the passenger side of a car as he passed it on Letterkenny Main Street, Co Donegal. He was with two girls, and the case is recorded as criminal damage. The case details describe the suspect as a man, while the article describes a boy, and his age and nationality are not given. On 19 December 2023, Gardaí appealed for the boy to come forward, and they are checking CCTV and asking for dashcam footage. No arrest or charge has been reported.

  1. Reported19 Dec
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
A boy is understood to have deliberately caused a large scrape to the passenger side of a car.
Where
The incident happened as the boy passed the car on Letterkenny Main Street, Co Donegal.
When
The criminal damage occurred at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 12 December 2023.
Other details
  • The boy was accompanied by two girls and was walking towards Upper Main Street and the Old Courthouse.
  • The case details list the suspect as a man, while the article describes a boy; his age and nationality are not given.
  • The owner of the damaged car is not named in the reports.
Investigation
  • Gardaí are checking CCTV from businesses in the area.
  • Gardaí appealed to road users with dashcam footage from the area to contact them in Letterkenny.
  • On 19 December 2023, Gardaí appealed for the boy to come forward, saying they would much rather he came to them.
Charges
No arrest or charge has been reported.
In court
No court proceedings have been reported.
Sentence
No sentence has been reported.
8 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA boy is understood to have deliberately caused a large scrape to a car's passenger side. (donegallive.ie)
  • whereThe incident happened as the boy passed the car on Letterkenny Main Street. (donegallive.ie)
  • whenThe incident of criminal damage occurred at 7:30pm on Tuesday, December 12. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are checking CCTV from businesses in the area. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí appealed to road users with dashcam footage from the area to contact them in Letterkenny. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí appealed for the boy to come forward. (donegallive.ie)
  • otherThe boy was accompanied by two girls. (donegallive.ie)
  • otherThe boy and the girls were walking towards Upper Main Street and the Old Courthouse at the time. (donegallive.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 19 Dec2023
    Reporteddonegallive.ie, first report
    Gardaí warn Letterkenny car vandalist: “We would much rather he came to us”

    First report of this incident. Adds the description of the damage, the location, the time, the appeal to the boy to come forward, the CCTV checks and the dashcam appeal.

    suspect, male