Frank Greaney
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7 recordings
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 7 Jul
Frank Greaney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And the main battleground, it seems, certainly in relation to the most serious charges, those attempted charges,
murder charges that he was found guilty of today went to his intention.
They challenged the intent to kill that was being put forward by the prosecution.
And while we'll never know exactly how they arrived at their decision today, we can safely say that the jurors were in agreement.
Again, these were unanimous verdicts that Riyad Boushekar intended to kill that day.
And I can say with absolute certainty, after seeing that CCTV footage of the attack itself,
that harrowing attack that lasted only a couple of seconds, but it has lifelong consequences for many.
I can tell you that if it were not for the intervention of Leanne Flynn and those other brave members of the public, there would have been fatalities that day.
There would have been more injuries without a shadow of a doubt.
It can't be used as an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing, but certainly he won't get the benefit of it as a mitigating factor, as it would have been the case.
He would have been given quite a healthy discount, maybe 25% or so, if he had pleaded guilty to these charges at an early stage.
He didn't do that.
As we said, he had a right to contest the charges, but he won't be able to avail of the benefit.
of that as a result.
And these are very serious charges.
They don't carry mandatory life sentences in the same way that full murder convictions do.
But there is the maximum penalty of life imprisonment available to the judge in relation to the more serious charges.
A sentence hearing will take place in October.
And we learned today that some of the parents aren't available to attend a sentence hearing maybe later this week.
So clearly they want to be there and it's their right to be there.
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