'Knife-wielding' man screamed at Ukrainian family to move out of their home

The judge noted the girl, aged 8, suffered panic attacks since the incident, but her parents cannot afford psychotherapy

Judge Mitchell adjourned sentencing for a probation report on Richard Bohan to be furnished to the court.

A man brandishing a knife confronted a Ukrainian couple and their young child while "screaming at them to move out" of their new home in Dublin, a court has heard.

Richard Bohan, 34, of Pimlico Cottages, Pimlico, D.8, pleaded guilty to producing a knife with a three-inch blade capable of inflicting serious injury in a manner likely to intimidate another person on February 19 last in south Dublin.