Jury advised to keep age of accused in mind during Kriegel murder case

The first week of the Ana Kriegel murder trial focused on the missing persons investigation that was launched when the 14-year-old girl failed to come home one evening almost a year ago

Ana Kriégel: her mother said she ‘wouldn’t hurt a fly’

‘People go missing all the time,” prosecution barrister Brendan Grehan told the trial of two boys accused of killing “vulnerable” teenager Anastasia Kriégel nearly a year ago.

“They turn up sooner or later,” he continued in his opening address to the jury last week. “It is relatively rare a criminal act is the cause of a person disappearing,” he added.

Anastasia was last seen after she left the house with one of the ...