Wednesday 28 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

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Case No. 3230Attempted murder · Co. Limerick · 27 Sep 2022

Russian mother convicted of stabbing 8-year-old daughter 72 times in Limerick awaits sentencing

A 49-year-old Russian national, convicted in January 2026 of the attempted murder of her then eight-year-old daughter in a shared accommodation in Limerick, was remanded by Judge Kerida Naidoo at the Central Criminal Court until 5 May 2026 for sentencing submissions. The girl, now in foster care, gave a victim impact statement describing how her mother locked a bedroom door and stabbed her more than 70 times on 27 September 2022.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Convicted27 Apr
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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12 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe girl was stabbed more than 70 times by her mother (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe mother locked the bedroom door before the attack (irishtimes.com)
  • whereThe attack occurred in a shared accommodation in Limerick (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe attack took place on the morning of 27 September 2022 (irishtimes.com)
  • courtJudge Kerida Naidoo remanded the defendant until 5 May for sentencing submissions (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe trial was heard at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Limerick (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe defendant is a 49-year-old Russian national with no previous convictions (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe defendant was suffering from depression, had lost weight and had been taken to hospital (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe family fled the war in Ukraine in March 2022 (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe girl is now in foster care (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe defendant told officers she had awoken in an acute anxious state with a fixation that her daughter would not be returned to her (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe child said her mother told her she was scared someone was going to take her daughter away (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 27 Apr2026
    Convictedirishtimes.com, follow-up
    Mother who stabbed daughter (8) more than 70 times said ‘we will die together’

    Sentencing-phase article: the court heard the victim impact statement from the girl (now in foster care), detailed trial evidence of the attack, and the judge remanded the convicted mother until 5 May 2026 for sentencing submissions.

    victim, 8, femaleconvicted, 49, female, Russian, non-irish