A man has been found guilty of the murder of Dublin teenager Daniel McAnaspie.
A jury at the Central Criminal Court returned found Richard Dekker guilty by a unanimous verdict.
17-year-old Daniel's remains were found in a field in Co. Meath in May 2010, three months after he went missing while in the care of the HSE.
Murder victim Daniel McAnaspie
Richard Dekker, who’s from Dublin 15, was drinking with Daniel and a number of others in Blanchardstown on February 26th 2010.
He and his friend Trevor Noone lured the teenager to an isolated area along the River Tolka where he was stabbed to death with the blade of a garden shears.
Both men will be sentenced next month.
Our Courts Correspondent Frank Greaney reports:
Daniel's friends and family celebrated outside the court following the unanimous verdict.
VIDEO Jubilant scenes outside the Central Criminal Court as family and friends of Daniel McAnasapie feel justice has finally been served pic.twitter.com/ufTd7jw241
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