On Friday, Judge Orla Crowe sentenced him to three years and nine months, but suspended the final six months on strict conditions.

Evan Ward (22) of Kempton Rise, Navan Road, Dublin 7, was with a juvenile accomplice when he punched the garda several times in the head before stealing his official garda badge and a number of other items

The boy was 14 years old when he was caught on CCTV taking part in the attack on the victim along with a 29-year-old man.

An early line of inquiry is that it was an unprovoked attack