The judge who presided over the Ana Kriegel trial has decided to restrict the number of journalists allowed to attend her killers’ sentence hearing.

Two teenage boys were last month found guilty of murdering the 14-year-old schoolgirl at a derelict farmhouse in Lucan, Co. Dublin.

One of the boys, known as Boy A, was also convicted of aggravated sexual assault.

No more than five journalists will be allowed into the courtroom for their sentence hearing in October.

At a brief hearing today, the judge also agreed to allow edited versions of their probation reports to be given to both defence teams.

They will also be made available to the lead investigator in the case ahead of sentencing.

Reporting from Frank Greaney at the Central Criminal Court