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The incident occurred outside a school on the afternoon of November 23, 2023 | FILE PHOTO/PA
The trial of a man accused of seriously assaulting a care worker and attempting to murder three school children at Parnell Square in Dublin last year has been postponed as lawyers await a report from a neuropsychologist.
The trial of Riad Bouchaker, aged 50 , of no fixed abode, had been provisionally listed for January 13, 2025 but that date has now been vacated following an application by his lawyers.
At the Central Criminal Court this Wednesday, a senior counsel for Bouchaker presented Mr Justice Paul McDermott with documents that he said "set out the complexity" of the work required of the neuropsychologist.
He told the court it will take until at least the end of February.
Noting the contents of the documents, Mr Justice McDermott granted the application and he adjourned the matter to February 26 for an update.
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Mr Bouchaker is charged with the attempted murder of two female children and one male child. He is also charged with assault causing serious harm to a care worker and possession or production of a knife.
The incident occurred outside a school on the afternoon of November 23, 2023.
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