Irish teen 'attacked couple he had mistaken for two gay men'

A teenager attacked a woman he mistook for a gay man because of her hairstyle, a court has heard.

The State was given more time to complete a book of evidence in the case against the boy who launched a serious attack on the woman, and a man. He mistook both for two gay men.

Thinking the couple were men because of the woman's hairstyle, he attacked them on one of Dublin's busiest streets, calling them "f***ing gay bastards".

The 16-year-old boy has been charged at the Dublin Children's Court with assaulting the man, and assault causing harm to the woman on Middle Abbey Street on the evening of January 26 last.