CONOR PUB ARSON ACCUSED'S CHARGE UPGRADED OVER 'ATTACK ON GARDA'

THE Director of Public Prosecutions has upgraded the assault charge against a man accused of stabbing a garda, arson of Conor McGregor's Black Forge Inn and terrorist activity.

- BY TOM TUITE

Abdullah Khan, 23, appeared again at Cloverhill District Court yesterday for his seventh hearing since being charged on July 31 and has not yet applied for bail.

Khan, with an address in north Dublin that cannot be disclosed due to a court order, was arrested at the scene following an incident at around 6pm on Capel Street in the city's north side on July 29.

He was initially charged with assault causing harm to the officer under section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, and the production of a Tactix knife capable of causing serious injury. The injured garda was a young probationary member of the force who was on high-visibility patrol with a colleague and received hospital treatment.