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A Waterford woman who allegedly shared photos of the children convicted of the murder of Anne Kriégel, known as Child A and Child B, despite specific court instructions prohibiting such actions, will appear in Waterford District Court on 10 December to plead guilty or for a hearing.
Rebecca Ryan (25), Priory Lawn, Ballybeg is charged with two offenses under the Juvenile Law which prohibits the identification of minors charged or convicted of a crime. He did not appear in Waterford District Court this morning due to Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions.
Describing the details of the case, Detective Garda Niall Carolyn stated that on June 18, 2019, two male minors were convicted of the murder of Anastasia Kriégel.
Throughout the trial, and after his conviction, Judge Paul McDermott ordered that no material be published that could lead or could lead to the identification of any child involved in the process.
In the days following the conviction of Children A and B, Gardaí came to the attention of several online posts, including an alleged Twitter post by Ms. Ryan. The tweet contained text and images showing the two children convicted of the murder of Ms Kriégel, the court was told.
The text on the pictures, supposedly written by Mrs. Ryan, read “Here are boy A and boy B, the two murderous bastards.”
The post referenced the fact that the boy’s identities were being protected and then ended the tweet with the hashtag #JusticeForAnna. The image allegedly posted by Ms Ryan was one that appeared on various platforms and was a cropped photo with other young people, whose faces were scrawled.
The two children were highlighted with red circles and the letters “A” and “B” that identified them. The Gardaí investigation found the post to be a violation of a court order and after Ms Ryan was identified as the author of the post, the court was told that she was questioned on July 2, 2019.
In defense, attorney Hilary Delahunty stated that the defendant had no prior convictions and that the publication in question was one of those that were published by several different people. Mr. Delahunty stated that he was under the impression that Ms. Ryan had retweeted someone else’s post and it was not an original post.
Det Gda Carillon confirmed that this prosecution was the first of several to follow. He said the images were taken from Facebook and posted in a separate Twitter post by Ms Ryan. He said it was something that was done in the “heat of the moment.”
Judge Kevin Staunton said the case in question “couldn’t have been more serious” and that if you stopped someone on the street, they would know which case he was referring to.
“It is a crime to post on social media any reference to the involvement of minors in any case, but this could not have been a more serious case,” said Judge Staunton. “Even in the absence of direction from a judge, I don’t know how anyone could think it would be okay to do this. In this case, there is a specific instruction from the judge that says this should not be done. ”
The case was postponed until December 10 for a guilty plea or hearing.
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