Teenagers in stolen cars take part in multiple robberies and ram Garda patrol cars.
A boutique on Henry Street in Dublin was robbed at 4 am by a gang of teenagers who make off with £5,000 worth of clothes. The youths escaped in two stolen cars, a BMW and a black Ford Granada.
They were spotted in Santry where they knocked a garda off his motorcycle and attempted to run him down. The gang was later involved in a robbery at an East Wall Road petrol station.
The two cars then cross the Liffey are spotted in the Pearse Street area, both of them closely followed by a squad car.
The BMW rammed a Garda vehicle rendering it immobile. The gang then abandoned the BMW, transferring to a black Granada. A short time later the same youths in the stolen Granada appeared at a petrol station in Cabra. The Granada roared into the forecourt of the filing station hitting a Garda squad car.
One of the teenagers slid open the sunroof and flung a bottle at the Gardaí.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 12 January 1985. The reporter is George Devlin.
