Boy B pleads not guilty to murder of Ana Kriégel

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Boy B has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ana Kriégel. Boy A has pleaded not guilty to her murder and to sexual assault involving serious violence.

The charges relate to events alleged to have taken place on 14 May 2018 at Glenwood House, Laraghcon, Clonee Road, Lucan, Dublin. The proceedings were reported on 27 May 2019.

The prosecution case was that Boy B lured Ana from her home on the pretence of meeting Boy A, who then allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered her as Boy B watched.

The jury was watching a recording of Boy B’s seventh Garda interview, conducted on 7 July 2018. He told gardaí he saw Boy A choking Ana and removing some of her clothes. He said Ana was crying and asking Boy A to stop, and that he realised Boy A was raping her and ran away.

Boy B denied removing any of Ana’s clothes. He said the only time he touched her was when he helped her over a ditch on the way to the house. The trial was continuing before Mr Justice Paul McDermott and a jury.