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Case No. 14458Assault and robbery · Co. Donegal · 18 Feb 2025

Teenager assaulted and robbed in Letterkenny

A teenage male was assaulted and robbed in Letterkenny, County Donegal, on Tuesday 18 February 2025 at about 7.30pm, near the foot of Church Lane on Main Street. Two males who were not known to him confronted him on Upper Main Street, both assaulted him, and one followed him and demanded his money after he ran, and he handed it over before the two left on foot towards Lower Main Street. The reports do not give the suspects' ages, nationalities or names. No arrests or charges have been reported, and in the report published on 25 February 2025 gardaí were appealing for information, CCTV, witnesses and dash-cam footage from Main Street between 7.20pm and 7.40pm.

  1. Reported25 Feb
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A teenage male was assaulted in Letterkenny and had his money taken from him.
  • Two males who were not known to him confronted him while he was walking on Upper Main Street.
  • Both males assaulted the teenager.
  • The teenager ran up Upper Main Street, and one of the males followed him and demanded his money.
  • The teenager handed over his money, and the two males left on foot towards Lower Main Street.
Where
The incident happened near the foot of Church Lane on Main Street, Letterkenny, County Donegal.
When
The incident took place on Tuesday 18 February 2025 at 7.30pm.
Investigation
  • Gardaí said CCTV footage shows a number of people in the area in vehicles and on foot at the time.
  • Gardaí appealed to anyone with relevant information to contact Letterkenny Garda Station.
  • Gardaí asked anyone who travelled on Main Street, Letterkenny between 7.20pm and 7.40pm with a dash cam to make the footage available.
  • No arrests or charges are reported in the articles.
Other details
The reports do not give the suspects' ages, nationalities or names.
10 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA teenager was assaulted in Letterkenny and then had his money taken from him. (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe young man was walking on Upper Main Street when two males who were not known to him confronted him. (donegallive.ie)
  • whatBoth males assaulted the teenager. (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe teenager ran up Upper Main Street and one of the males followed him and demanded his money. (donegallive.ie)
  • whatThe teenager handed over his money, and the two males left on foot towards Lower Main Street. (donegallive.ie)
  • whereThe incident occurred near the foot of Church Lane on the Main Street. (donegallive.ie)
  • whenThe incident took place on Tuesday 18 February at 7.30pm. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí said CCTV footage shows a number of people in the area in vehicles and on foot at the time. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí appealed to anyone with relevant information to contact Letterkenny Garda Station. (donegallive.ie)
  • investigationGardaí asked anyone who travelled on Main Street, Letterkenny between 7.20pm and 7.40pm on 18 February with a dash cam to make the footage available. (donegallive.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 25 Feb2025
    Reporteddonegallive.ie, first report
    Teenager assaulted and has his money taken by two men in Letterkenny

    First report of the incident. Adds the location, time, the teenager's pursuit up Upper Main Street, the suspects' direction of escape, and Garda appeals for CCTV, witnesses and dash-cam footage.

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