Five boys who were arrested over the assault on a 14-year-old schoolboy in Navan last month have claimed to gardaí that the attack stemmed from an allegation that the youth had previously burned a Bible.
The video reached the boy’s extended family on Monday evening. The teenager was already in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda by then, with concussion, extensive bruising, broken teeth and other injuries. According to one of the boy’s relatives, the video did not lie.