Teenage boy sent for trial over Dublin murder

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A teenage boy was sent for trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 1 December 2020. The case concerns the death of Claudiu Robu, who was found in a laneway off Madison Road in Kilmainham, Dublin 8, on 14 September.

The teenager, who was 17 at the time of the report, cannot be named because he is protected by anonymity provisions for children. The Director of Public Prosecutions directed trial on indictment, and the court said his next hearing would take place later that month, although no specific date was given.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.