Jury shown CCTV footage of Dublin's Parnell Square knife attack

Court hears CCTV footage traced the accused’s movements across Dublin before the Parnell Square attack

Flowers and tributes left at the scene of the Parnell Square attack in Dublin. File picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

A jury has viewed CCTV footage showing the moment a man dressed in black launched a knife attack on a group of children as they stood in line on Dublin's Parnell Square on their way to an after-school crèche.

Garda John Heatherton showed the jury a slowed-down and zoomed-in version of the footage, which captured part of the attack that left several children injured and one girl with severe brain damage after suffering major blood loss due to a stab wound to the heart.