The man, whose age is unknown, is in a critical condition at Beaumont Hospital.

The assaults on the then 17-year-old are alleged to have taken place on Essex Street, Dublin 2 and Pearse Street Garda Station on June 1st, 2021.

Judge Orla Crowe called it “a vicious, unprovoked attack” on a foreign national who has “come to our country and contributed significantly to our health service”

An early line of inquiry is that it was an unprovoked attack