The mother of the young girl seriously injured in the Parnell Square attack has said she does not know if Riad Bouchaker “even understands what he did”.
Speaking to Sky News, she said she will never know what her daughter would have been like if her life had progressed in a natural way because Bouchaker “stole that from her”.
Her five-year-old daughter was the most seriously injured in the attacks and has been left with a severe, life-long brain injury after Bouchaker stabbed her in the heart.
“I think he has to forgive himself first,” the mother said.
She said she feels no anger toward Bouchaker because “it’s not going to change anything”.
He has been found guilty of the attempted murder of three children at Parnell Square in Dublin three years ago.