Boy A and Boy B convicted of murder as reports ordered

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Boy A and Boy B were convicted of murdering 14-year-old Ana Kriégel in June 2019, following a trial at the Central Criminal Court. Boy A was also convicted of her aggravated sexual assault in a manner that involved serious violence. The proceedings were reported on 1 July 2019.

Ana’s body was found in an abandoned house at Laraghcon, Clonee Road, Lucan, on 17 May 2018. She had been murdered three days earlier.

After the convictions, Mr Justice Paul McDermott ordered probation reports and psychiatric reports by child forensic psychiatrists for both boys. Brendan Grehan SC, for the Director of Public Prosecutions, told the judge on 1 July that Professor Harry Kennedy had written to the court with suggestions to help comply with the orders.

Professor Kennedy suggested joint assessments of each boy by consultant child psychiatrists and consultant forensic psychiatrists, as well as assessments by suitably qualified clinical psychologists. He said it would be helpful if clinicians could interview the boys’ parents and access relevant earlier reports and assessments made since detention began. Mr Justice McDermott accepted his recommendations and requested a report on the educational facilities available to the boys while detained.