Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

Between July 2019 and July 2020, from the ages reported

Offences

Attempted murder, Assault causing serious harm, Assault, Producing a knife in a manner likely to intimidate

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

2 reports, 12 May 2025 to 18 Jul 2025

Outlets

gript.ie

• Man convicted of attempted murder of three children at Parnell Square Attempted murder · Co. Dublin

  On 23 November 2023, a man attacked a group of schoolchildren outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square East, Dublin, with a 36cm kitchen knife, stabbing a five-year-old girl in the heart, a six-year-old girl, a five-year-old boy, and crèche worker Leanne Flynn, 38. Riad Bouchaker, a 52-year-old Algerian man of no fixed abode, was arrested on 20 December 2023 and charged with three counts of attempted murder, assault causing serious harm, three counts of assault causing harm, and producing a knife. A jury at the Central Criminal Court found Bouchaker guilty on all eight charges on 1 July 2026 after a three-week trial. Sentencing was adjourned to 16 November 2026, and Bouchaker was taken to intensive care in a Dublin hospital on 16 October 2026 after collapsing in Cloverhill remand prison.

  Sentenced, 12 Oct 2026Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 18 Jul2025
   In courtgript.ie, in Man convicted of attempted murder of three children at Parnell Square

   Family of little girl stabbed in Parnell Sq want justice - Gript

   victim, Emily, 5, female, irish (judged from name)Emily♀5IE
2. 12 May2025
   In courtgript.ie, in Man convicted of attempted murder of three children at Parnell Square

   Girl attacked in Parnell Sq in non-mainstream school - Gript

   victim, Emily, female, irish (judged from name)Emily♀IE

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