Muslim attacked by robber in mosque calms him down, makes him breakfast

Attacker told police he was now on better terms with victim and described Yassine as “good guy”

A Muslim made breakfast and listened to the life story of a robber who attacked him at a mosque, reported the Independent.

The victim, Ali Yassine, found Stefan Boyle hiding under a table at a mosque in Dundrum, Dublin and asked him to leave. The 28-year-old Boyle attacked him with a knife and then proceeded to try and escape out of a window. Yassine, who serves as a caretaker in the mosque kicked him to defend himself and then asked him to calm down.

Once he managed to calm him down, Yassine proceeded to cook scrambled eggs for the attacker and then sat down with him to hear his life story. Boyle told him that he has been in and out of prison, had been homeless for a while and was having trouble with his girlfriend.

Boyle has pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the burglary of Ali Hussain House on November 2, 2016. He has 110 convictions before, out of which, 63 are for burglary.

It was reported that he will be allowed a residential drug treatment before he is sentenced.



Yassine later reported that he did not realise that the robber had stolen two phones from his pocket until after he left the building.

While he was on his way to get his phone service blocked the next day, he ran into Boyle who returned the phones to him along with an apology. Boyle told the police that he was now on better terms with the victim and described Yassine as a “good guy.”

The robber further stated that he wanted the money for drugs and the fact that he had taken those phones from Yassine’s house had slipped his mind during the conversation over breakfast, which lasted for about 30 minutes.

Judge Karen O'Connor gave Boyle his last warning after the incident.

This story was originally published in the Independent.