Scarlett Faulkner murder trial: Teen accused identified in sun bed selfie hours after assault, court told

The defendant recorded a message hours after the fatal assault saying: 'I battered her with a bar. Her brains were open,' the trial jury heard

It is the prosecution case that Scarlett Faulkner was beaten to death with the metal pole by a teenage girl who is on trial accused of her murder.

A teenager accused of Scarlett Faulkner's murder was identified on a sun bed in a 'selfie' taken just over five hours after the fatal assault, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

The court also heard that the teenager sent a message to a friend saying she was "bored off my brains" a little over 90 minutes after the fatal assault.