There were emotionally charged scenes in court as two boys were found guilty of the murder of teenage schoolgirl Ana Kriegel today.
A jury of eight men and four women had heard evidence over seven weeks of the trial before Mr Justice Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin.
Both Boy A and Boy B were convicted, while Boy A was also found guilty of the sexual assault of Ana, 14.
At 2.14pm exactly on Tuesday, June 18, the jury informed their minder that they wished to return to court with verdicts.
They had taken 14 hours and 25 minutes to come to their unanimous verdicts.
In the moments before they returned, Boy A and Boy B, who had been waiting in two ante-rooms with their parents, arrived into court.
Boy A sat with his mother and father and grand fathers at the rear of the courtroom - his mother placing a white paper hanky in his shirt pocket.
He rested his head gently on his mother's shoulder.
Close by, sitting with his mother and father, Boy B sat head bowed, taking conscious deep breaths and clutching his mother's arm.
The clerk stood up and asked the jury forewoman had they reached a verdict "that they all agreed with?"
She answered yes, her hands quivering, as she handed over the yellow issue paper with the verdict written and signed.
The clerk read the verdicts, guilty for Boy A on two counts of murder and sexual assault, guilty for Boy B of murder.
Boy B turned to his mother and said: "I'm guilty."
Jurors wiped away tears as other members stoically looked to the Kriegel family and the suspects.
Ana's parents, sat almost motionless, her father Patric's chin and lips quivered, containing his emotions. Her mother Geraldine bowed her head. A small group of their relatives embraced hugging and weeping.
Boy A's mother cried, his father staring straight ahead in utter shock at the verdict. Boy A sat motionless with his head bowed.
As he rested his head on her shoulder he began to cry - his mother's weeping then became more pronounced.
Suddenly, as the judge spoke to the jury, Boy B's father exploded in rage, shouting abuse into the air and storming out of the courtroom.
Boy B's father returned to court and sat with his son and wife - he muttered to himself and was clearly deeply enraged.
He clapped his hands and shouted abuse at the investigation team.
At one point he said: "F***ing bunch of scumbags, Nazi p****s. F*** you."
He also clapped, shouting: "You are happy".
He again roared: "You bunch of scumbags, you f***ing p****s, innocent boy."
As he ranted, Boy B stood up with his mother and they embraced for several minutes, holding his mother tightly as his father shouted.
He went into the cell area at one point with his son, but a prisoner service officer returned to court with him and told waiting gardai: "He's too high (angry)."
Boy A left the court room, holding his father's hand, and went to a nearby waiting room in the company of his legal team.
The Kriegels stood up, Ana's mother wiping tears away. She went to the gardai and hugged the investigation team members. Patric said "well done" to each garda individually.
Before that took place Mr Justice McDermott praised them for their work on the case and thanked them for their attention in what he said was a "very difficult trial". He exempted them from further jury service for life.
Brendan Grehan, SC, for the State explained that there was a 28 day window in law for reports to be compiled ahead of sentencing.
Justice McDermott agreed that probation, psychiatric and school reports be submitted and also given to the defence counsel.
He adjourned the trial until July 15 when he will hear sentencing evidence and mitigation evidence.
Judge McDermott also said that both convicted killer's mother and father may want to give evidence in court.
He remanded both boys in custody to Oberstown Detention Centre until that date - the court heard that they would be taken there by gardai and not in prison service transport.
Two garda vans arrived to ferry the boys to the North County Dublin children's detention centre.
Outside the court Ana's parents Patric and Geraldine briefly recalled the love they had for their daughter.
Patric said: "Ana was our strength."
Geraldine said: "Ana was a dream come true for us and she always will be. She will stay in our hearts, forever loved and forever cherished. We love you Ana."
