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Wednesday , November 4 2026

Parnell Square: Man guilty of attempted murder of three children

A 52-year-old man has been found guilty of the attempted murder of three children and assaulting four other people in Dublin’s Parnell Square in 2023.

Riad Bouchaker, of no fixed address, was also found guilty of assault causing serious harm to crèche worker Leanne Flynn, and of assaulting two other children and a teenager.

The Central Criminal Court heard that a five-year-old girl has been left with a life-long brain injury after Bouchaker stabbed her in the heart.

In total, he was found guilty of all eight charges, which he had had denied at the Central Criminal Court.

The jury began deliberating on Tuesday.

They deliberated for around six hours and reached a verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

Sentencing has been set for 12 October and Bouchaker will be remanded in custody until then.


BBC News

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