Woman who posted photo of Ana Kriégel killers on social media avoids jail

Murder trial had brought back the memory of the murder of the son of a friend of hers and she posted the picture in 'a momentary lapse of judgement', court heard

Louise Heaney of Killinarden Heights, Tallaght, Dublin, pleaded guilty last year to publishing photos of Boy A and Boy B on Facebook in contravention of the Children's Act 2001. File picture: Collins Courts

A woman who was “probably overcome” with emotion when she decided to identify the boys convicted of murdering Ana Kriégel has received a fully suspended sentence.

Louise Heaney, 49, posted a photograph featuring the two boys on social media, but removed it shortly thereafter. There was no suggestion she took or generated the photo herself, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.