18-year-old charged with murdering Michaela

EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Jonathan Byrne from Clonsilla in west Dublin has been charged with the murder of schoolgirl Michaela Davis.

Byrne was charged with murdering the 12-year-old in Porterstown, where Michaela lived, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The brief hearing in the Dublin District Court before Judge Patrick Clyne, heard Byrne made no reply when he was charged at Blanchardstown Garda Station with Michaela’s murder.