BOY , 13 , REFUSED BAIL OVER MURDER OF ANA
Chief probe garda objected to teen’s release
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy accused of murdering a schoolgirl was refused bail at the High Court yesterday.
The child, who cannot be named due to his age, has been charged with killing Anastasia Kriegel at Glenwood House, Laraghcon, Clonee Road, Lucan, on May 14.
The 14-year-old known as Ana, who was adopted from Russia at the age of two, left her home in Leixlip at around 5pm but did not return.
Her parents were unable to contact her phone and alerted gardai.
Her body was found at a disused farmhouse three days later. The teen had been remanded in custody to the Oberstown detention centre on May 25 by the Dublin Children’s Court, which does not have power to adjudicate on bail in murder cases.
However, he launched a bail application at the High Court sitting in Cloverhill which commenced before Mr Justice Robert Eagar on Wednesday.
Det Inspt Mark O’neill, who is leading the probe, had objected to bail. The teenager, who will remain in custody, has faced three hearings already in the Children’s Court which last dealt with the case on Monday.
At that hearing, Inspt O’neill said: “As you would appreciate it is quite an extensive investigation and we are working very hard to make sure matters are expedited”.
He is scheduled to appear again at the Children’s Court on July 23 for directions from the Director Public Prosecutions to be conveyed.
We are working hard to make sure matters are expedited MARK O’NEILL
HIGH COURT YESTERDAY