Creche worker Leanne Flynn was zipping up the coat of one of the little boys in her care when she noticed Riad Bouchaker darting towards a five-year-old girl further up the line

The jury in the trial of Riad Bouchaker have been told they can return alternative verdicts in relation to the allegation that he attempted to murder three children on Parnell Square in 2023

Riad Bouchaker is on trial charged with the attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to creche worker Leanne Flynn, at Parnell Square East in Dublin City on November 23rd, 2023.

The jury in the trial of Riad Bouchaker (52), who denies attempting to murder three children, were also on Friday shown a bloodstained jacket belonging to a childcare worker whom it is alleged the accused man seriously harmed.

She told the trial of Riad Bouchaker (52), who denies attempting to murder her child and two others, that her daughter is now in a wheelchair and communicates only by blinking.

At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday, a senior counsel acting for Riad Bouchaker said that he received the report yesterday and will make it available to the Director of Public Prosecutions in due course.

The trial of Riad Bouchaker (50) , of no fixed abode, had been provisionally listed for January 13th but that date has been vacated following an application by his lawyers