No care place for girl threatened by gang, court told

No care place for girl threatened by gang, court told

The State has no secure special care space for a teenage girl threatened with being shot if she does not co-operate with a drug gang that has set out to exploit her, a High Court Judge has heard.

State has no secure care for teenage girl at risk of being shot by drug gang exploiting her, court told

High Court heard girl, 16, was currently in non-secure private residential care, where drug dealers called to collect her, as there was no special care bed currently available in the country