Court archive
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2026-01-19 · Lucan, Dublin
A Central Criminal Court judge has accepted that he cannot review the sentence imposed on Boy B, who murdered schoolgirl Ana Kriegel when he was 13 years old. The judge, Mr Justice Paul McDermott, noted that the Supreme Court ruled that sentencing courts do not have jurisdiction to review terms of detention for child offenders. Boy B was…
2022-10-05 · Lucan, Dublin
Boy B, one of two teenagers convicted of murdering 14‑year‑old Ana Kriegel, withdrew his appeal against his conviction, ending four years of criminal proceedings. The withdrawal was announced at a brief hearing attended by Ana's mother Geraldine and other family members. The Court of Appeal confirmed that Boy B had no appeal against his 15‑year…
2022-07-29 · Lucan, Dublin
The Court of Appeal has refused an application by Boy B to introduce fresh evidence in his appeal against the murder conviction of 14-year-old Ana Kriegel. Mr Justice George Birmingham, delivering the ruling of the three-judge court, stated that the application did not meet the threshold for admitting new evidence. He described the move as an…
2022-05-23 · Clonee, Meath
In May 2022 the Court of Appeal moved the hearing of a motion to introduce fresh evidence in the appeal of Boy B, the 13‑year‑old convicted of murdering 14‑year‑old Ana Kriegel in 2018. The original date of 17 June was postponed to 22 June because a judge was unavailable. Boy B, who was sentenced to 15 years' detention with review after eight…
2019-10-29
The grandfather of Boy A, convicted of murdering and sexually assaulting Ana Kriegel, testified at the Central Criminal Court that his grandson is "incredibly remorseful" and wishes the tragedy had never happened. He expressed sincere sympathy for the Kriegel family, noting the profound loss of a child and the horrific circumstances of Ana's…
2019-07-01 · Lucan, Dublin
In a Central Criminal Court ruling, Mr Justice Paul McDermott fined journalist Niall O'Connor €2,500 after he inadvertently named one of the boys convicted of Ana Kriegel's murder during a live Red FM interview. The station was fined €10,000. O'Connor, who was a guest on the Neil Prendeville show the morning after the convictions, apologized…
2019-06-20
The Central Criminal Court heard that the family of one of the boys convicted of murdering 14‑year‑old Ana Kriegel has been "forced into hiding" after photographs identifying the boy were posted online. Representatives of Twitter and Facebook answered contempt charges for publishing the pictures. Under the Children Act it is an offence to…
2019-06-18 · Lucan, Dublin
A jury at the Central Criminal Court found two 14‑year‑old boys guilty of murdering Ana Kriegel, a schoolgirl who was discovered naked in an abandoned farmhouse three days after she went missing. Boy A was also convicted of an aggravated sexual assault involving serious violence. The trial, lasting seven weeks, included evidence that Ana's blood…
2019-06-17 · Lucan, Dublin
The jury in the trial of two 14‑year‑old boys accused of murdering 14‑year‑old Anastasia Kriegel has spent 11 hours and 24 minutes deliberating and will return to the Central Criminal Court tomorrow to continue. Mr Justice Paul McDermott instructed the eight men and four women to return at 10 am and reminded them not to discuss the case with…