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A 16-year-old boy has been taken into custody and will face a psychiatric evaluation after being charged with the murder of a homeless man in Dublin.
Gardai was alerted after the discovery of a body around 1:30 a.m. Monday, in a lane of Madison Road, on South Circular Road, in Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
The deceased was an Eastern European man in his 40s.
The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, was arrested and held at the Kevin Street Garda station on Monday.
He was charged at 2.52am and brought before Judge Treasa Kelly at the Dublin Children’s Court on Tuesday morning.
He is charged with the murder of an identified man, in the alley, at the back of a house on Madison Road, against common law.
Dressed in a T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, the young man did not address the court. There has been no indication yet how he will plead.
Detective Sergeant Brian Hoey told the court that the boy “did not respond to the charge after a warning.”
The Juvenile Court does not have jurisdiction to consider a request for bail for a defendant on a murder charge.
Judge Kelly said she had no choice but to remain in custody at the Oberstown Detention Center.
The case will go to the Central Criminal Court, but the Director of the Public Ministry must prepare a book with an evidence book before a trial order can be issued.
Defense attorney Wayne Kenny said that while his client was in custody, the teenager made a series of comments that raised “serious concerns about his mental health.”
Judge Kelly ordered a psychiatric evaluation of the child in custody.
The teenager will appear again next Tuesday in Children’s Court.
In relation to media attention, restrictions were placed on information, the lawyer said, but added that an article had been published that provided some details about where the boy lived.
Sergeant Det Hoey also requested an order to restrict the naming of the deceased as the Gardaí were still trying to verify their identity.
Judge Kelly ordered that the name of the deceased should not be released “at this time.”
Nothing should be published that directly or indirectly identifies the child, his family or where he lived, he also ordered.
Legal assistance was granted.
Article 93 of the Juvenile Law establishes that no report will be published or included in a transmission that reveals the name, address or school of any child involved in the process or that includes any data that could lead to the identification of any child involved in the process. .
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