Ana Kriegel - Boys A & B found guilty [Mod: Do NOT post identifying information]

I am absolutely elated at the verdict.

What absolutely broke my heart was when Ana’s mother said that she knew something was wrong when she came home and learned that Ana had gone out with two boys, because in all the years of her life no one had ever called for her, no one had ever knocked in to ask her to play and she had no friends. The poor, poor girl.

Seeing her happy, smiley and absolutely beautiful face in all of the coverage has been just tragic. The whole thing just seems so absolutely senseless and pointless.
What an absolute waste of three young lives.

Depressing to think that such young teenagers could be behind such brutality.

I think the prosecution summed it up well when they said in closing argument;
“Boy A was like a child caught eating biscuits, with chocolate all around his mouth still insisting “no it wasn’t me”
I would say the delay in deliberations was mostly due to boy B.

I don’t think I’ve ever willed a verdict to be the correct one as much as this in my life, RIP Ana. I’m thankful justice was served for you.

I've been following this and the details of the murder are horrific. It's mad to think that two boys were responsible for this.
I'm glad the trial is over. It might bring a tiny bit of closure to her parents.

Bad enough to have murdered her but to add insult they lied through their teeth and their parents went along with it.

Adding lies upon lies. Nobody was fooled.

Awful to have put the victims parents and family through such a terrible trial

Shame on the murderers and also the parents of these scum

Deleted User wrote: »

Will they be named?

Probably never. Despite what they did they are children.

What sentences will they get as minors?

If Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were pictured and named as James Bulger's killers, will this happen in Ireland?

They were only ten

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

They should have been advised to plead guilty from the beginning. It is sickening that poor Ana’s entire teenage life had to be out there for all of us to see.

I just think that once she had moved on to college and away from whatever goes on in schools right now that she would have found real friends and grown into a wonderful woman.

Considering the DNA evidence, especially against Boy A I have no idea why they didn't.

Those court reports from the trial were horrendous, like a horror film

that poor innocent girl

I hope those pair of twisted b@stards get a nice welcome in Oberstown

Say my name wrote: »

What was galling was the parents of these two by their side at court and both pleading not guilty.

The dishwater weak school councillor is as bad

The counsellor said she did not press him on what the mess was as she felt it was not her role to investigate and she was there to support the student.

As the counsellor and Boy B were finishing their conversation, they spoke about Ana once more.

Boy B told her a theory about what might have happened to her, the court heard.

The counsellor said Boy B suggested that “perhaps the men who had attacked Boy A may have taken or kidnapped Ana”.

When it came to it they probably saw Ana as an outsider compared to their two fine little murderers. You get that sort of thing


RIP Ana

Grayson wrote: »

Probably never. Despite what they did they are children.

Killers are killers.
They knowingly took the life of an innocent young girl.
At least one of them raped her and this was someone they knew.

And like some other killers under the age of 18 according to some one has the mindset to strike again.

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

If Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were pictured and named as James Bulger's killers, will this happen in Ireland?

They were only ten

Another two scumbags.

MrMusician18 wrote: »

They were tried as adults.

They'll get life, as is mandatory.

Life is about 16 years and it will be less for these two minors.

What sickened me was the closing arguments of their counsels.
You would swear they were the fooking victims.

Deleted User wrote: »

Will they be named?

Birneybau wrote: »

Nah, never.

People from the locality know who they are.

magic_murph wrote: »

Bit harsh to be fair.

No it’s not .... the reason they pleaded not guilty is they wouldn’t benefit either way .. it would be life sentences either way.
The right thing for those lads parents is to get their sons to own up to what they did and plead guilty !! They didn’t. So beechwood is right imo

Wombatman wrote: »

Not sure about that. There was no forensic evidence connecting Boy B to the scene.

Maybe, but that wasn't needed.
Pretty sure judge said jury needed to be sure he lured her there was enough?

I'm sure there's going to be a lot more unadmissable evidence that will come to light over the coming days that will shock further.

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Murder is a mandatory life sentence. These boys were tried as adults so that's what they will get. With good behavior in prison they will most likely be paroled in 2029

They'll be out before that. Probably by the time they are 21 so I'm guessing they'll be out in about 6 years.

I hope I'm wildly wrong.

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Bad enough to have murdered her but to add insult they lied through their feet. Awful to have put the parents through such terrible trial

Shame on the parents of these scum

God help you if your child ever commits a heinous crime. While how one is raised is definitely a factor in how they end up, to blame the parents for their sons committing an act of murder is totally unfair. Plenty of murderers and criminals were raised in good homes with loving parents.