George Gonzaga Bento, who spent over 500 days in custody, was also acquitted of two charges of assault causing harm and of producing a knife in a manner likely to intimidate others

"Parents are under an inordinate amount of pressure to both work and do right by their children"

The suspect, a 34-year-old Brazilian national, was arrested  on Thursday night

Sinead O’Leary, who was stabbed over 20 times by a 19-year-old intruder in a vicious knife attack which killed her best friend, Nichola Sweeney in Cork in 2002, has called for tougher sentencing for knife crime

The family said in a statement that Josh was a “happy, caring” boy and that his smile “lit up every room” he walked into.