Jury views CCTV footage of movements in hours before Parnell Square stabbing
The jury in the trial of Riad Bouchaker, who denies attempting to murder three children on a Dublin street, has been viewing CCTV footage showing the movements of a man around the city centre hours before the knife attacks that left one girl with severe brain damage.
Garda John Heatherton told prosecution counsel Karl Finnegan on Thursday morning that he and his colleagues collected CCTV footage from premises in the city centre, including the Ilac Centre on Henry St and various businesses on O'Connell St and Parnell Square, where the children suffered their injuries.
The first piece of footage, he said, showed a man leaving a De Paul hostel on Little Britain St at 11.06am wearing a black cap, black jacket, blue jeans and carrying a backpack.
A male matching that description walked to the Ilac Shopping Centre, with CCTV footage showing him going to a cafe in Dunnes Stores where he sat with another man.
Heatherton said the men left Dunnes and went to a lift area at 11.31am where they...
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