Ana's killer given more appeal time

ONE of the two boys convicted of the murder of 14-year-old schoolgirl Ana Kriegel in Dublin seven years ago has been given more time to bring an appeal against his life sentence following a landmark Supreme Court decision.

- BY FIONA MAGENNIS

The youth known as Boy A was sentenced to life with a review after 12 years for murdering the 14-year-old. He was also sentenced to 12 years for an aggravated sexual assault on Ana, which runs alongside the murder sentence.

In a judgement delivered by Ms Justice Iseult O'Malley in March this year, the Supreme Court found that life sentences for a child convicted of murder should only be imposed in exceptional cases where the evidence showed the intentions and actions of the child were akin to those of an adult.