Man accused of stabbing on Grafton Street found on Luas with knife and bloodstains on clothes

Accused was arrested 'almost immediately' after incident travelling on the Luas at St Stephen’s Green and had bloodstains on his clothes and a knife 'beside him on the Luas', court heard

Mohamed Akrouf, 30, an Algerian national living at Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6, was refused bail on Monday by Judge Michele Finan at Dublin District Court. File picture :Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

A man accused of stabbing another man on Dublin’s Grafton Street was found with bloodstains on his clothing and a knife on a Luas tram minutes after the alleged attack, a court heard.

Mohamed Akrouf, 30, an Algerian national living at Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6, was refused bail on Monday by Judge Michele Finan at Dublin District Court.