Parnell Square attack: Psychiatrist tells court man is fit to stand trial

Riad Bouchaker is charged with a number of offences including attempted murder of two girls and one boy, and assault causing serious harm to a care worker in November 2023

Gardaí at the scene of a serious stabbing incident that took place on Parnell Square East in Dublin City on November 23, 2023. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Riad Bouchaker, who is charged with assaulting a care worker and attempting to murder three children on Parnell Square in Dublin, is fit to enter a plea and stand trial, a consultant forensic psychiatrist for the State has told a hearing at the Central Criminal Court.

The expert witness told Mr Justice Tony Hunt that despite the accused having a serious neurocognitive disorder, he is satisfied that Mr Bouchaker can be accommodated at trial, where questions can be repeated or made simpler, or closed questions put to him.