Ireland Crime

Day 3 of trial; witnesses Luciana Yaya (Delfin English School), Jamie Farrell (apprentice electrician), David Core (Dublin Bus employee) and Patricia Byrne described seeing or hearing Bouchaker before the attack; jury shown CCTV footage and a blood-stained jacket; Bouchaker pleaded not guilty to all eight charges through an interpreter.

Jury viewed CCTV footage of the attack and the suspect's movements beforehand; a mother testified about her five-year-old son's neck wound treated with paper stitches.

Day two of trial: jury shown one-hour CCTV compilation from 18 locations tracking the suspect's movements from DePaul Hostel to Parnell Square on 23 November 2023, including his approach to Colaiste Mhuire school at 1:35pm.

Jury viewed CCTV footage of a man leaving a De Paul hostel at 11.06am and moving through the Ilac Centre and Dunnes Stores hours before the stabbing; mother of a five-year-old victim testified about receiving a call from a teacher and finding her son with a neck wound at Crumlin Hospital.

Details the full CCTV montage shown to the jury, tracking the suspect's movements from 11:06am at the DePaul Hostel through the Ilac Shopping Centre, Talbot Street, O'Connell Street, and the Delfin English School to the bus stop on Parnell Square East at 1:35pm, including the moment of the attack. Also describes two maps of Dublin prepared by Garda mapping section.

Covers the arraignment where Bouchaker entered not guilty pleas to all eight charges, the judge's instructions to jurors about prior publicity, details of his acquired brain injury from a 2021 craniotomy and a head injury sustained in the aftermath of the incident, and the formation of the jury. The trial is expected to run up to 10 July.

Trial opened; prosecution outlined expected evidence including CCTV, medical consequences, garda interviews and parent testimony; Bouchaker pleaded not guilty to all eight charges; prosecution said he was upset by a rejected social welfare application; he had a benign brain tumour requiring surgery in 2021 and suffered a further head injury during the incident requiring roughly a month in hospital; one child had no pulse and was not breathing when ambulance arrived.

Mother of one child victim gives detailed testimony about the attack, the emergency response, and her daughter's current condition including severe brain damage, wheelchair use, non-verbal status, dystonia, and reliance on tube feeding.

Day two of trial: mother of five-year-old girl testifies about the 1:45pm phone call from the creche, the girl's critical condition (no pulse, 40 minutes without oxygenation, severe brain damage, wheelchair-bound, non-verbal), and her current state. Prosecution opening continues with details on the knife, Bouchaker's statements to gardaí, his 2021 brain surgery and acquired brain injury, and the intervention by a passerby who threw the knife away.

First day of trial: mother of most seriously injured child describes daughter's condition (non-verbal, wheelchair, tube-fed, dystonia); evidence from parents of three other children; prosecution opening by Karl Finnegan SC outlining charges and Bouchaker's background including 2021 brain surgery and head injury sustained during the incident.

Day one of trial: Bouchaker pleaded not guilty to all eight charges through an interpreter; jury of nine men and three women sworn in; mother of severely brain-damaged child described her daughter's condition (wheelchair, non-verbal, tube feeding, heart surgery); other parents described injuries to their children including a fragment of skull missing and a slash across a boy's nipple; prosecution stated Bouchaker intended to kill the children.

Records the plea hearing at the Central Criminal Court where Bouchaker pleaded not guilty to all eight charges, and the swearing in of a 12-person jury ahead of a trial expected to last up to five weeks, with the trial set to open on Wednesday morning.

Details the arraignment, jury empanelment, and Judge Tony Hunt's directions regarding Bouchaker's acquired brain injury, trial accommodations (interpreter and intermediary), and the expected five-week duration.