The childcare worker who bravely intervened to protect young children who were being attacked on Parnell Square East three years ago should be recognised by the State, Mary Lou McDonald has said.
The Sinn Féin leader was speaking in Belfast on Thursday after Riad Bouchaker, 52, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of the attempted murder of a five-year-old girl who was stabbed in the heart, and the attempted murders of a five-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl.
