Thursday 5 November 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

Every case followed from the first report to the sentence, or to where the reporting stopped.

Named in reporting

Yosuke Sasaki

Born between March 1998 and January 1999, from the ages reported. 3 reports across 1 case, 3 Jan 2023 to 15 Mar 2023

Victim: Yosuke Sasaki, Japanese man, 24Yosuke Sasaki

Key facts

from every report naming them
Named as
Victim
Born
Between March 1998 and January 1999, from the ages reported
Nationality
Japanese, as stated in a report
Offences
Murder; assault causing harm; criminal damage; robbery
Where
Co. Louth
Reporting
3 reports, 3 Jan 2023 to 15 Mar 2023
Outlets
dundalkdemocrat.ie

Cases

latest first
  • Man found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder, Dundalk Murder; assault causing harm; criminal damage; robbery · Co. Louth

    On 3 January 2018, Yosuke Sasaki, a 24-year-old Japanese man, was fatally stabbed in the back in an unprovoked attack on Long Avenue, Dundalk, while two other men were injured in separate unprovoked attacks within 40 minutes. Mohamed Morei, an 18-year-old Egyptian asylum seeker who claimed to be fighting for ISIS, was arrested and charged with murder, assault causing harm, criminal damage, and robbery. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity at the Central Criminal Court, with two consultant psychiatrists testifying he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. Morei remains in detention under the Criminal Law Insanity Act at the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum.

    Acquitted, 3 Jan 2023Victim · 3 reports

Timeline

every report naming Yosuke Sasaki, newest first

Each entry shows how that report described them.

  1. 15 Mar2023
    Acquitteddundalkdemocrat.ie, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder, Dundalk
    “So I put the baton away and then I charged," Dundalk gardaí tell of arresting killer
    victim, Yosuke Sasaki, 24, male, Japanese, non-irishYosuke Sasaki
  2. 28 Feb2023
    Otherdundalkdemocrat.ie, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder, Dundalk
    Two Dundalk Gardai awarded the Scott Medal Commendation for their actions in Mohamed Morei arrest
    victim, Yosuke Sasaki, 24, male, Japanese, non-irishYosuke Sasaki
  3. 3 Jan2023
    Acquitteddundalkdemocrat.ie, in Man found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder, Dundalk
    Wreath laying ceremony held for Japanese man killed in Dundalk five years ago
    victim, Yosuke Sasaki, 24, male, Japanese, non-irishYosuke Sasaki

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