A BOY told garda interviewers that he saw Ana Kriegel and his co-accused "struggling" before the schoolgirl was "flipped" onto the ground, a trial heard.
Boy B said the two of them continued to struggle on the ground, and Boy A climbed on top of Ana, started choking her and "slowly" taking off her clothes.
Boy B told gardai he then realised that Boy A was "raping" Ana and he "had to run".
Boy A had a "blank face" and was showing no emotion while Ana was crying and begging him to stop, Boy B said.
The accused, who were aged 13 at the time, have pleaded not guilty
before the Central Criminal Court to murdering Ana Kriegel at Glenwood House, Laraghcon, Clonee Road in Lucan on May 14, 2018.
One of the boys, Boy A, has also denied a charge of aggravated sexual assault.
This morning, jurors continued to watch video footage of interviews which gardai conducted with Boy B at Lucan Garda Station on July 7, 2018.
Present in interviews six and seven were Boy B, his mother, his solicitor Barry Powderly and Detective Garda Donal Daly and Detective Sergeant (now Inspector) Damien Gannon.
Gda Daly put it to Boy B he had told "numerous versions" and the only version he wanted was the truth.
"Just the truth [Boy B]", Gda Daly said.
Boy B said he walked into the abandoned house, looked around, picked up a stick or white plank and then put it down. He walked back outside and Ana and Boy A walked into the house.
Boy B said Boy A then told him to leave.
Boy B said he stood by the doorway and watched as Boy A "took her down and stripped her". Boy B said he then ran out of the house.
Asked to describe exactly what he saw, Boy B said he saw Boy A on top of Ana, taking her clothes off.
He said he saw Boy A's construction boots, black bottoms and black hoodie.
Boy B said he could see Ana crying.
Boy B said he guessed that Boy A's backpack was in the corner.
Boy B said he was standing there, staring, wondering what he should do. He could see Boy A choking Ana.
Boy B said they were both on the ground "struggling".
Asked about Boy A's hoodie, Boy B said it was up and he couldn't really see Boy A's face, as he was perpendicular to where he was standing.
Boy B said his brain realised what was happening. Boy A then turned his face and he had "this look on his face".
Boy B said he couldn't describe the look.
Shown a photograph of a wooden stick by detectives, Boy B said this was not the stick he picked up, as the one he picked up did not have red stains on it.
Asked if he had touched the stick in the photograph, Boy B replied "no".
Boy B also described the condition of the rooms in the abandoned house, saying there was a lot of trash, rubbish and sticks lying around.
Asked to describe Room 1, which is the room where Ana's body was later found, Boy B said he saw beer cans, rubbish, rocks, sticks, graffiti and planks.
During the seventh interview, Gda Daly asked Boy B to take him by the hand and give him a guided tour of what he had seen.
Boy B said he stood at the door and saw Ana and Boy A. At first it looked like they were hugging. He couldn't see their faces. Both were struggling and then Boy A flipped her onto the ground.
Boy B said Boy A climbed on top of Ana and started choking her with his right hand. He slowly took off her jumper, t-shirt and her pants.
Boy B said he then realised Boy A was raping Ana and he "had to run".
Just as Boy A was about to take off Ana's bra, Boy B said Boy A looked up and that's when he [Boy B] ran.
Asked if he took off any of Ana's clothes, Boy B said "no".
Asked if he went into the room, Boy B said "I didn't".
The trial continues before Mr Justice Paul McDermott and a jury of eight men and four women.
Ana Kriegel murder trial: Boy told gardai he saw co-accused 'raping' schoolgirl - Independent.ie
Boy told gardaí he saw co-accused ‘raping’ Ana Kriégel
Boy B said 14-year-old girl was ‘crying, begging,’ asking Boy A to ‘stop, not to hurt her’
One of the boys accused of the murder of Ana Kriégel told gardaí he saw his co-accused “raping” the 14-year-old girl in an abandoned farmhouse in Lucan, Co Dublin.
The jury in the trial of the two 14-year-old boys is watching video of Boy B’s seventh interview which was conducted on July 7th, 2018, shortly after he was rearrested on suspicion of Ana’s murder.
Boy B had told gardaí in a previous interview that he went to an abandoned house with Ana and Boy A where he saw Boy A “flip” Ana before choking her and taking off some of her clothes.
It is the prosecution case that Boy B lured Ana from her home at 5pm on May 14th, 2018 on the pretence of meeting Boy A, who Ana was “interested” in. Boy A then allegedly violently sexually assaulted and murdered her in the derelict farmhouse as Boy B watched.
In interview seven, Detective Garda Donal Daly told Boy B to describe his movements in as much detail as possible.
Boy B described which rooms he entered in the house. He said he “peeked” into the room where Ana’s body was later found.
Asked how Boy A looked once they were in the house, Boy B said, “he had a blank look on his face, that’s it.”
Boy B said at one point after they entered the house Boy A turned to him and asked him to leave.
Det Gda Daly asked him why he didn’t leave at that point. “Because when (Boy A) asked me to leave, I kind of got suspicious of him. If he asked me to leave that meant something was going to happen in terms of him and Ana.”
He said he thought they were going to kiss or that one was going to ask the other out.
Boy B said he went elsewhere in the house while Ana and Boy A went to a location marked by gardaí as Room One. He said he heard shuffling and went to see what it was.
He said he saw Boy A with his arm around Ana. Then he saw them “struggling”. He said Boy A got on top of Ana and stated choking her before taking off her jumper, T-shirt and trousers.
He couldn’t see Boy A’s face at this point because he had his hood up. Boy B said at this point Ana was “crying, begging, asking him to stop, not to hurt her”.
He said Boy A choked Ana with one hand. He demonstrated the action to gardaí.
At one point Boy A looked at him standing in the doorway, Boy B said. “Just when he’s about to take to take off her bra he looks at me and I realise I have to run,” Boy B told Det Gda Daly.
He said: “I realised that (Boy A) was raping her and that I had to run.” Asked to describe what Boy A looked like at this point, he said he had a blank face and showed “no emotions”.
Boy B denied taking off any of Ana’s clothes himself. He said the only time he touched her was when he helped her get over a ditch on the way to the house.
Boy A has pleaded not guilty to the murder and sexual assault “involving serious violence” of Ana Kriégel on May 14th, 2018, at Glenwood House, Laraghcon, Clonee Road, Lucan in Dublin.
Boy B has pleaded not guilty to the murder of the girl on the same date.
The accused were 13 at the time of the alleged offence and are 14 now.
The trial continues on Tuesday before Mr Justice Paul McDermott and a jury of eight men and four women.
Boy told gardaí he saw co-accused ‘raping’ Ana Kriégel
