The sentence date for convicted murderer Christopher Dunne for the fatal stabbing of teenager Alan Higgins over his mobile phone has been set by the Central Criminal Court.

Seventeen-year-old Christopher Dunne has been found guilty of the murder of Alan Higgins for his mobile phone at the Central Criminal Court.

The "only reasonable" verdict to be reached in the trial of a teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins "is one of murder", a jury has heard at the Central Criminal Court.

The teenager accused of murdering Alan Higgins allegedly admitted to stabbing the schoolboy the morning after the fatal attack, a witness told a jury at the Central Criminal Court.