Woman accused of naming child killer sent for trial

She was one of 10 people brought before Dublin District Court accused of breaking the anonymity provisions of the Children Act by illegally sharing images or naming the two boys.

Hazel Fitzpatrick of Easton Green, Leixlip, Co. Kildare, outside court today is accused of sharing the identity of a boy convicted of murdering a teenage girl. Photo: Collins Courts

A woman has been sent forward for trial to the circuit court in Dublin accused of sharing the identity of a boy convicted of murdering a teenage girl.

The boy and another youth convicted of the same offence were juveniles and have the legal right to anonymity. The murdered teenage girl cannot currently be named either.