A Dublin teenager has pleaded guilty to murdering 12-year-old Michaela Davis in west Dublin last year.
Jonathan Byrne (19), of Lohunda Downs in Clonsilla, admitted murdering the school girl on August 28th, 2010 at the playing fields on Porterstown Road, Clonsilla
Her body was found later that day on a bank of the Royal Canal.
Byrne, dressed in a black suit, also pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court this morning to two other serious offences against the child on the same occasion.
As Byrne stood up, an uncle of the dead girl moved towards him and shouted an obscenity.
Mr Justice Paul Carney directed that the uncle be apprehended and placed in a cell until he was ready to deal with him.
This uncle and the victim’s family later apologised for the interruption, with the prosecution explaining that emotions were running high. The judge agreed to forget about the incident.
Mr Justice Carney remanded Byrne in custody until December 12th when a small amount of evidence will be heard before he receives the mandatory life sentence.