Tessa Fleming

The Indian and Gaelic.

The murder of 14-year-old Anna Creazhal remains one of the most harrowing crimes in modern Irish history.

Adopted from Russia, Anna was described by her family as a wild and wonderful teenager who loved music, swimming and dancing.

But for many, her life has become defined by her brutal death.

In May 2018, Anna was lured from her Dublin home by a local boy under what she believed was the promise of a romantic encounter.

Three days later, her body was found in a derelict house in Lucan.

She was naked except for socks on her feet.

There was a ligature around her neck made from builder's tape.

It was a killing that left a lasting mark on the public consciousness.

I'm Tessa Fleming and today on the IndoDaily, I'm joined by Irish independent court reporter Eimear Cotter to discuss the horrific murder of Anna Creasle eight years on.

Eimear Cotter, this month marks eight years since the murder of 14-year-old schoolgirl Anna Creasle.

And I think the public heard so much about Anna's brutal murder.

And often I find that a victim's memory and the life they lived often gets eclipsed by how they died.

So maybe just take us back to Anna's life and the type of person that she was and who she was.

Well, talk to me about that, because from listening to her mother and her family speak about her, she does seem to be a very normal teenager, enjoys the normal things that every teenager does, as you say, music and dancing, swimming, gymnastics.

But she did have a hard time in those teenage years and there was a lot of bullying, wasn't there?

Yeah.

Well, it's unfortunately impossible to remember Anna Craisiel's life without recalling her horrific murder and the circumstances surrounding that.

Before we get into that.

Boy A and Boy B, in this story, we will only be ever referring to them and they have only ever been referred to as Boy A and Boy B. So maybe you can just remind us of why that is.