A 14-year-old boy accused of the murder of Kildare schoolgirl Anastasia Kriégel in May has been returned for trial to the Central Criminal Court.
The boy, who cannot be named because he is a minor, was the first of two children to be charged with the murder of the 14-year-old girl at Glenwood House, Laraghcon, Clonee Road, Lucan on 14 May.
He was aged 13 at the time.
Ana's body was found at a derelict farmhouse three days after she was reported missing.
The teenage boy was charged and remanded in custody on 25 May last but was released at the beginning of this month when bail terms were set in the High Court.
He was served with a book of evidence at the Children's Court this morning.
Judge Brian O'Shea said he was making an order formally sending the boy forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court sitting at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Dublin's Parkgate Street.
The judge noted that no date for the next hearing was available yet and the boy was going forward for trial on bail with conditions set by the High Court.
His grandfather, who is acting as the independent surety, replied "of course, yes" indicating he understood the judge's warning that he risked forfeiting his bail money if the teenager did not turn up for his trial.
The judge also reminded journalists at the hearing that the usual reporting restrictions applied.
The boy then signed his bail bond and was led out of the courtroom by the hand by his parents.
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