Judge praises ‘forgiveness’ of Chinese woman pushed into canal by teenagers


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A JUDGE HAS praised a Chinese woman who forgave her teenage attackers for shoving her into a canal in Dublin after she challenged youths about racial taunts. Video footage went viral on social media site TikTok of the woman remonstrating with boys who laughed as she was suddenly knocked into the Royal Canal in Dublin 15, on the evening of 14 August 2020. The two boys, now 16, were charged with assaulting Xeudan Xiong, 50, at the 12th Lock, Castleknock. They were aged 14 at the time. Despite making admissions when initially questioned by gardaí, they pleaded not guilty. But...