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