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Fri 09 Sep 2010Teenager gets suspended sentence for assault
A TEENAGE girl who has been in care for nine years during which time she became a heroin addict and homeless, has been given a six-month suspended sentence for attacking a hotel employee.
The girl, aged 17, also has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition described by Judge Eamon O’Brien at the Children’s Court yesterday as “ants in your pants, to use the vernacular”.
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