The trial of a man accused of attempting to murder three young children and assaulting a crèche worker in Dublin last year has been postponed as lawyers await a report from a neuropsychologist.
The trial of Riad Bouchaker, 50, of no fixed abode, had been provisionally listed for 13 January but that date has been vacated following an application by his lawyers.
A senior counsel for Mr Bouchaker presented Mr Justice Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court with documents that he said "set out the complexity" of the work required of the neuropsychologist.
He said it will take until at least the end of February.
Mr Justice McDermott adjourned the matter to 26 February for an update.
Mr Bouchaker is charged with the attempted murder of two girls and a boy.
One of the girls, who was aged five at the time, was left in a serious condition after the incident.
He is also charged with assault causing serious harm to a care worker and possession or production of a knife.
The incident occurred outside a school on the afternoon of 23 November 2023.
