The Ana Kriegel trial has heard one of two boys accused of her murder heard her scream coming from a house that the other boy went into with her.
The jury has been watching recorded video footage of the Garda interviews conducted with Boy B following his arrest.
During his Garda interviews, Boy B was shown photos from the room in the derelict house in Lucan where Ana Kriegel’s body was found.
When he was told her blood was found on Boy A’s boots, he replied: “No, no – he wouldn’t do that”.
While looking at another photo of the room, he said: “Jesus, one of my closest friends”.
He repeatedly denied being in the house that day, and after changing parts of his story a number of times he told gardaí during his fifth interview that he was in some nearby fields when he claims Boy A and Ana went in.
As he was walking away, he said he heard a loud scream that he believed was Ana.
He said it got muffled at the end as if somebody had covered her mouth.
He said he thought they were being attacked so he ran away and he just kept telling himself that Boy A would be able to protect Ana because he's “big, strong and tall”.
