GUILTY Ireland - Anastasia Kriegel, 14, Found deceased, Lucan, Co Dublin, 14 May 2018 *minors arrested*

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Garreth MacNamee‏ @garmacnamee 1h1 hour ago
Garda Diarmuid Lawlor is next to give evidence.

He was present with detective garda O'Keeffe when Boy A's witness statement was being taken.

Garda Seamus Timmons is the next witness.

Garda Timmons is a trained CCTV examiner. The court has heard that between 600-700 hours of CCTV was viewed by gardai during the investigation

The court is now being shown CCTV evidence.

CCTV evidence shows Boy A and Boy B walking together through an estate at 4.11pm on the day of disappearance.

At 4.51pm - Boy B seen walking in direction of where Ana lived.

At 4.57pm - person seen carrying a backpack - walking.

At 5.01pm: we see Boy B and Ana walking.

At 5.05pm: Boy A seen wearing gloves and carrying a backpack.

At 5.14pm: two figures seen walking. Garda Timmons says he believes these two to be Boy B and Ana

At 5.32pm: Mobile phone belonging to Ana was 'pinged'

At 5.49: Boy B allegedly seen walking back across a park.

At 17.56pm: Person walking through the park - believed to be Boy B.

At 17.57pm: Person seen holding a bag in their left hand similar to one carried by Boy A, Garda Timmons says.

At 6.03pm: Person seen - believed to be Boy A walking away.


That's all for today. More CCTV evidence tomorrow morning.

Garreth MacNamee (@garmacnamee) | Twitter

 

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It looks like that's it until we get a verdict. I can only think something got published that shouldn't have been.
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The judge in the murder trial of Ana Kriegel has told the jury that he has made an order "which restricts publication of evidence given in this trial until its conclusion". Essentially, this means there will be no daily coverage of this trial.

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[scapa]

I suspect upcoming evidence, concerning minors, will be extremely graphic and disturbing — may also have contributed to the judges decision. Such an ugly and distressing case.

 

[nothinonyou]

The order has been lifted, only one publication (not named anywhere i can find) cannot publicise details of these trial. every other news source can continue as normal. strange

 

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A GP told the jury that he examined the boy in his clinic on May 16th last year - two days after Ana went missing.

He said he told him he was assaulted in a random attack by two young men two days earlier.

He told the doctor he had been grabbed from behind and taken to the ground.

He said he had been kicked and punched and managed to fight one of them off.

He said they both then ran away.

The doctor said he had injuries to his chest, knee and wrist that were consistent with blunt force trauma.

Kriegel trial hears from GP of boy accused of murder | Newstalk

 

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A park ranger in a local park told prosecuting counsel Brendan Grehan SC he was on duty and making a cup of tea in his hut when there was a knock at the door at about 6.35pm.

He opened the door to a man who told him his son had just been attacked in the park. “He was a bit irate,” the witness said. “He said ‘my son is after getting jumped on by two fellas, big fellas’.”

The ranger gave the man his phone so he could call the Garda. “I heard him starting off complaining about his son being jumped on, and he wasn’t happy with the situation.”

The witness said as the man spoke to gardaí, he walked over to the man’s jeep where he saw a “young lad” sitting in the front seat who he presumed was the man’s son. “He looked like he was in a fight.”


He said the boy told him he’d “got a bit of a hiding” but didn’t seem like he wanted to engage in further conversation.

The boy had blood on his shirt, trousers and fingers and had a small amount on his face, the witness said.

“His hands were really going, they were shaking,” the ranger said. “ The witness agreed that in his Garda statement he described the boy as seeming “like a rabbit caught in the headlights”.

Kriegel trial hears from GP of boy accused of murder | Newstalk

 

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A GARDA WHO harvested CCTV evidence related to the murder of Ana Kriegel said he could find no evidence of the two men Boy A alleged attacked him on the day of Ana’s disappearance, a court has heard.

Garda Seamus Timmins told the trial that he gathered 700 hours of CCTV footage and had reviewed it a number of times but could not find anyone who matched the description of two men Boy A alleged assaulted him on 14 May 2018.

Garda Timmins said that he had looked at all CCTV evidence from half past four that afternoon to after 8pm that day and could find no matches for the description Boy A had given to gardaí. Some of the CCTV cameras were not working on that day, Garda Timmins added.

Garda could find no CCTV evidence of men Boy A alleges assaulted him on day of Ana's disappearance, court hears

 

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The mother of a boy accused of the murder and sexual assault of Ana Kriégel has said her son appeared rattled, pale and shaky when he returned home shortly after Ana was last seen.

The boy’s father told his trial at the Central Criminal Court that his son was “dirty, scruffy and dusty” and appeared shook when he came home at about 6pm.

Both parents told prosecuting counsel Brendan Grehan SC that their son, Boy A, told them he had been beaten up by two older teens as he walked in a local park. They said he had blood on his clothes.

The boy’s mother said her son told her he managed to kick one of his assailants. She agreed with counsel that her son had training in martial arts.

The mother said she soaked the boys T-shirt overnight and washed all his clothes the next day. They were scruffy which made sense as the boy said he was beaten up, the witness said.

She later brought him to Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park where the boy helped gardaí put together an “Evo-Fit” or photofit.

One of boys accused of Ana Kriégel murder seemed ‘rattled, pale and shaky’, trial told

 

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From Friday, presumably after the reporting restrictions were lifted.
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The court heard from a child witness, who had seen Ms Kriégel and Boy B walking together that day. The girl, who cannot be named because of her age, said they seemed like they were having a good time.

“They were laughing, talking, having a brisk walk,” she told prosecution counsel Brendan Grehan SC.

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Witness Gerard Redmond told Mr Grehan he was walking his dog in a local park on May 14th. At about 5.08pm he saw a boy “making a beeline” through a field towards a disused farmhouse. He agreed with Mr Grehan this farmhouse was Glenwood House.

Mr Redmond said the boy looked tall for his age and was carrying a backpack. He said he assumed it was a schoolboy taking a shortcut home. It stood out to him because the field had just been planted and he thought the farmer would be annoyed if he spotted the boy.

Another witness who was walking his dog in the same park said that between 5.45pm and 6pm he met Boy A. He noticed the boy had a funny gait and looked like he had been hurt.

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A friend of Boy A, giving evidence via video-link, said the accused called to his door at 5.55pm or 6pm. He said Boy A had a limp and was holding his chest.

Boy A said he had been jumped by two people in the park and had fought them off. The witness said he advised the boy to go home to his parents.

This witness said he was also friends with Boy B. He said he was with Boy B the Saturday after Ana was found and he asked him about the matter. Boy B seemed sad, he said. “I don’t really remember what we were talking about though, specifically,” the witness said.

The witness also said Boy B sometimes didn’t “trust” Boy A. “They were not the best of friends and sometimes [BOY B]wouldn’t trust [BOY A],” he said.

Witness saw boy ‘making a beeline’ for farmhouse where Ana Kriégel died

 

[nothinonyou]

thanks for these updates. the trial is very unsettling but the evidence so far speaks for itself in my opinion...It's just very sad that the justice system in Ireland is not as strict in other countries and especially because of these boys' ages, I don't expect a long sentence

 

[molly67]

thanks for these updates. the trial is very unsettling but the evidence so far speaks for itself in my opinion...It's just very sad that the justice system in Ireland is not as strict in other countries and especially because of these boys' ages, I don't expect a long sentence

Yes guys thanks for all up dates- It really is a sad case makes me sick to the stomach as it happened 10 mins from where I live.

 

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Sergeant Declan Birchall told prosecuting counsel Brendan Grehan SC on May 17th he designated an area of the local park where Ana was last seen to be searched by his specialised team. The designated area also included a nearby derelict farmhouse called Glenwood House.

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“I saw the body of a naked female lying on the floor of the room. She was naked completely except for her socks.”

Her feet were nearest to the door and her head was closest to the front of the house. At first, Sgt Birchall thought something was covering the girl’s face.

He moved closer and realised it was her hair. It was stuck to her face as if she had been “thrashing” it around, he said.

There was a ligature around her neck, a “cord or tape, a noose,” he said. She had three fingers inside the ligature as if she was trying to get it off, the garda said.

Ana Kriégel murder trial hears about moment garda found her body

 

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The jurors were shown photographs of the scene taken by Detective Garda Eoin Conway.

Ana's body was pixellated in the photographs shown to the jury members.

Detective Garda Conway said the schoolgirl was lying on her back with her right arm stretched out.

Some of the photos showed items of clothing on the floor. A black hoodie with white lettering on it, black shorts and black boots were seen in some of the photographs.

Detective Garda Conway also pointed out a piece of timber and a concrete block which had blood staining on them as well as blood staining on areas of the walls in the room.

The photographs also showed a smashed iPhone recovered at the scene.

The final photograph shown to the jury showed blue tape - Detective Garda Conway said this tape was highly adhesive.

He said it was on Ana's body and around her neck and there was "quite a lot of it" around the body.

Ana's body found in dark room in derelict house

 

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Doctor Muhammad Ghaffar told the jury he was called to officially pronounce Ana dead.

He was handed a white crime scene suit, which he put over his clothes. He said he was led inside the abandoned house by Inspector Mark O’Neill.

Dr Ghaffar said he saw the naked body of a young girl – she was on her back and her face was facing the ceiling. He said she was completely naked and had a small cloth or something wrapped around the neck. He said she was not breathing and had no signs of life.

The ligature around her neck was loose, he told the court.

Dr Ghaffar confirmed when asked by prosecution counsel Brendan Grehan that Ana’s face was covered in blood. The doctor said she had multiple bruises around her thighs and there was an obvious injury to her shoulder. Her mouth was open and filled with blood, he said.

He said that he believed she may have been dragged around by the ligature as it was loose and Ana’s head was bent backwards.

The doctor pronounced the teenager dead at 2.19pm on 17 May 2018.

Court hears how garda search team discovered body of Ana Kriegel

 

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This afternoon, Garda Sean White told the Central Criminal Court that he was part of the Divisional Search Team searching for Ana, who was a missing person, on May 17, 2018.

Gda White said he entered Glenwood House in Lucan through the back door. He went through a small porch and into the back kitchen.

He then checked the room to the right and found nothing.

Gda White said he then turned left into a "dark room".

He stood at the door.

Gda White said he "initially thought the body was a mannequin". The body was naked and the feet were pointing towards him. He called out and there was no response.

However, Gda White said he took in his surroundings and the smell of dried blood, and he realised what he had found. He called out to his sergeant, and the area was later declared a crime scene.

Gda White said he stood at the door but did not go into the room.

Ana Kriegel murder trial: Concrete block and piece of timber with blood stains at scene where schoolgirl's body found - Independent.ie

 

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Detective Garda Séamus O'Donnell of the garda ballistics section told the court he attended the scene at Glenwood House, where Ana Kriégel's body was found, on the evening of 17 May 2018.

He said there was a length of blue "tescon" tape - used to hold sheets of insulation together - wound once around Ana's neck and her left hand was grasping it.

He said there was blood on all four walls of the room in which she was found and he described identifying bloodstains and taking samples from the scene.

The detective garda said there were small cuts and abrasions all over Ana's body, a defined mark on the left side of her face and a lot of damage to the rear of her scalp. He took various samples and swabs.


A black hoodie with distinctive white writing, recovered from the room, was held up to the jurors.

The garda also identified a large piece of timber which was burnt at one end with a nail sticking out and was also bloodstained.

The jurors were also shown a large half of a concrete block which was bloodstained in a number of areas.

Kriégel trial shown items from room where body found

 

[scapa]

Such anger and brutality. Strongly suspect some version of this was planned, from venue to weapons. What a loathsome pair.

 

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Before former State Pathologist, Professor Marie Cassidy, was called to present the findings of her examination of Ana’s body, the jurors were told an application to excuse the boys from attending during her evidence had been granted by the judge.

Professor Cassidy said she went to the derelict farmhouse where Ana was found before the body was removed for a post-mortem.

Former State Pathologist outlines over 50 injuries to Ana Kriegel’s body


Her impression was that she had suffered severe injuries in the area closest to the doorway, before being moved to a part of the room that was better lit.

She said she had dirt and dust all over her naked body and a strip of material was loosely around her neck.

The evidence suggested she was dead for several hours if not longer, she said.

She said most of her injuries were confined to the head and neck area.

She had a large injury to the left side of her face and there was evidence of asphyxia or compression of the neck - "possibly from strangulation", she said.

So far she has outlined over 50 injuries to Ana's body.

Kriegel trial hears about the post-mortem on schoolgirl's body | Newstalk

 

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She described a long list of injuries to prosecution counsel Brendan Grehan SC including extensive bruising, lacerations and hemorrhages. Prof Cassidy detailed a series of large injury sites on the head, face and scalp.

These included small haemorrhages in the eyes. The witness said these injuries are seen in cases where the body has been deprived of oxygen through mechanical asphyxia or strangulation.

Ana Kriégel trial: Pathologist describes long list of injuries to body

 

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Bit more from the pathologist, but some of it is getting quite graphic.

Spoiler: Graphic

She said in court today that the deceased had extensive bruising on her face, with irregular splits in her scalp. There were fractures to her skull and to the cartilage in her neck. Ana also suffered fractures to her eye sockets, the court heard.

Ana suffered four lacerations to the back of her head, the court also heard. Three of the lacerations were on the right side of her head – the other to the left.

There were multiple lacerations to her face and neck. There was also an 11.5cm laceration down the left-hand side of Ana’s face, the court heard.

Professor Cassidy said Ana suffered bruising to her hands and arms – injuries she said were consistent with defensive injuries.

Ana also suffered haemorrhaging to the lining inside her eyelids. Professor Cassidy explained to the jury that these injuries are commonly seen in someone who is suffering from a lack of oxygen. She said one indication of these types of injury is mechanical asphyxia or “compression of neck such as strangulation”.

Professor Cassidy described how she also found evidence of bruising at the mons pubis – the area of fat around the pubic bone.

She also found evidence which showed fresh bleeding to areas of the vagina. In her conclusions she determined that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head or compression to the neck.

Professor Cassidy said there was evidence to suggest there was an attempt to penetrate Ana’s vagina. She found no foreign material inside the deceased. Professor Cassidy said that Ana may have been unconscious or otherwise restrained when the alleged attempted penetration occurred, the court heard.

In cross-examination, Professor Cassidy agreed with defence counsel Patrick Gageby that injuries caused to Ana’s vagina could also have been caused by consensual sexual contact.

Conclusions

In her conclusions to the jury, Professor Cassidy said there was evidence that Ana had been violently assaulted and she suffered “extensive injuries” to her head and neck. There was also evidence, she said, that there was an attempt to penetrate her vagina.

The court heard that there were no drink or drugs in Ana’s body at the time of her death and Professor Cassidy described her as being a “very healthy” person.

She said Ana suffered four separate impacts to her head. Professor Cassidy said this could have been caused by a “fairly heavy object with small striking surfaces”.

She said there were two main areas of impact to each side of the teenager’s face. She said these strikes had the potential to render Ana unconscious.

Professor Cassidy told the jury there were “definite signs” of asphyxia. She added that such injuries could have caused Ana to lose consciousness. The teenager also lost a lot of blood in the incident, the court heard.

Pathologist details to court the extent of injuries found on body of Ana Kriegel