The Central Criminal Court also heard today that accused Paul Wells Junior asked gardaí to handcuff him in the district court as he was afraid he would attack his father Paul Wells Senior.

Legal representatives for the two boys convicted of murdering 14-year-old schoolgirl Ana Kriegel will be given parts of one another's probation reports, a judge at the Central Criminal Court has decided.

A Central Criminal Court judge has adjourned sentencing until October for the two boys convicted of murdering 14-year-old schoolgirl Anastasia Kriegel as he awaits psychiatric reports.

Mental health professionals assessing the two boys convicted of murdering 14-year-old schoolgirl Ana Kriegel may interview the boys' parents, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

A boy who was not involved in the murder of Ana Kriegel has been wrongly identified online as one of her killers, the Central Criminal Court heard today.

The family of one of the boys convicted of murdering Ana Kriegel has been "forced into hiding" following the publication of photographs online identifying him, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A clinical psychologist, whose evidence the judge refused to allow go before the jury, said that Boy B was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after witnessing the assault on Ana and that his lies to gardai did not show that he was guilty of murder.

The lawyer for a teenage boy, accused of the murder and aggravated sexual assault of Anastasia Kriegel, has said there was "not one pick of evidence" given by any witness in court that his client intended to kill the schoolgirl or anyone.

The lawyer for a teenage boy, accused of the murder and aggravated sexual assault of Anastasia Kriegel, has asked the jury to consider if there is any “real evidence” that his client had planned “any of this at all”.

One of the boys accused of murdering Anastasia Kriegel told a friend that he thought his co-accused was trying to set him up and was a "snake in the grass", the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A copybook containing a "Satanic pledge drawing" and a set of rules including: "No talking about Jesus or God, only Satan", was discovered in the home of one of the boys accused of murdering Anastasia Kriegel, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

One of the boys accused of Anastasia Kriegel's murder told a guidance counsellor that he was "dragged into this mess" by his co-accused and repeated about 10 times that he wasn't the last person to see Ana alive, a Central Criminal Court murder trial has heard.

Anastasia Kriegel died from blunt force trauma to the head or from compression of the neck and suffered "a very horrific death", a pathologist has told the trial of the two boys accused of her murder.

A dog walker has told the trial of two teenagers, charged with murdering Anastasia Kriegel, that he saw a schoolboy ‘make a beeline’ for the abandoned farmhouse where she is alleged to have been murdered half an hour later.

A man who regularly sexually abused his step-daughter in the family home while her mother was working has been jailed for 12 years.

A woman who was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted by her brother 35 years ago has described how he abused her with a “smirk” on his face, despite her continued pleas for him to stop.

The victims waited to come forward about the abuse until after their grandparents had died, for fear of how the revelations about their son would affect them.

A 59-year-old Kerry man, who raped a woman in March 2011 after luring her back to a caravan from a pub in Dublin, has been jailed for 15 years.

A convicted rapist has been removed from court during his sentence hearing. He repeatedly interrupted proceedings, tried to sack his barrister, and called his victim, a grandmother in her 50s, a “filthy prostitute”.

A convicted rapist has been removed from court during his sentence hearing after he repeatedly interrupted proceedings, tried to sack his barrister and called his victim, a grandmother in her fifties, a “filthy prostitute”.

A Dublin man has been jailed for his role in the movement of €778,000 worth of cannabis imported from Spain and hidden under scented candles.

A Dublin man who raped his nephew’s wife while she was sleeping beside her husband and toddler has been sentenced to eight years in prison, with the final 12 months suspended.

A woman became her elderly neighbour’s carer before stealing over €41,000 from her and spending it on home improvements, clothes and holidays, a court has heard.

A woman became her elderly neighbour's carer before stealing over €41,000 from her and spending it on home improvements, clothes and holidays, a court has heard.

Three men who were caught with almost €200,000 of cannabis have been jailed for terms of between three-and-a-half and four years.

A tennis club employee has been spared jail for holding onto €26,000 worth of cocaine to repay a drug debt.

A Dublin man has been convicted of using a fake social media profile to convince a young girl to come to his house and have sex with him.

A former businessman who shared thousands of images of child pornography online is to be jailed on Monday.

A man who sexually assaulted his neighbour while her eight-year-old son lay in bed beside her has had his two-year suspended sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A man accused of shooting his best friend in Co Kildare last year told gardaí the deceased threatened to rape his grandmother.

A woman has received a four-year suspended sentence for what a detective described as the worst case of child neglect he has ever seen in his 13-year career.

An artist who raped and sexually assaulted a young woman has been given a six-year sentence.

A man who took a fraudulent personal injury action claiming he suffered a debilitating back injury in a car crash has avoided a jail term.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has been jailed for 12 years for stealing €52m from the banks and defrauding 13 clients out of their houses or money.

Former solicitor Thomas Byrne has effectively admitted to defrauding the banks out of €52m, the prosecution said at the closing of his trial.

The theft and fraud trial of Thomas Byrne has heard of the day “everything went horribly wrong” for the former solicitor when one of his employees reported him to the authorities.

The theft and fraud trial of Thomas Byrne has heard of the day “everything went horribly wrong” for the former solicitor when one of his employees reported him to the authorities.

A judge said he could not “remotely estimate the incalculable loss”, of a woman to her family.

Bank of Scotland Ireland viewed Thomas Byrne as “an astute and prudent operator” when lending him over €13m, the former solicitor’s trial has heard.

Bank of Scotland Ireland viewed Thomas Byrne as “an astute and prudent operator” when lending him more than €13m, the former solicitor’s trial has heard.

Anglo Irish Bank and EBS engaged in reckless practices in lending to Thomas Byrne, it has been suggested at the former solicitor’s theft and fraud trial.

Anglo Irish Bank and EBS engaged in reckless practices in lending to Thomas Byrne, it has been suggested at the former solicitor’s theft and fraud trial.

The trial of former solicitor Thomas Byrne has heard evidence that he stole over €10m from EBS Building Society by fraudulently applying for property loans.