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Teen who was 14 when he murdered Urantsetseg Tserendorj has 31 previous convictions

Date
2022-12-22

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

During the sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court, the husband of the murdered Mongolian national Urantsetseg Tserendorj, aged 49, delivered a victim impact statement expressing the profound loss and mental anguish he and his children suffered after the murder. The court heard that the 16‑year‑old accused, who was 14 at the time of the offence, had 31 previous convictions, including robbery, violence and drug offences. He denied the murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter on 29 January 2021, a plea the State did not accept. The jury returned a guilty verdict after nearly nine hours of deliberation. The victim was stabbed in the neck on a walkway between George's Dock and Custom House Quay in the IFSC, Dublin, on 20 January 2021, and died the following evening due to lack of oxygen caused by the stab wound.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Teen who was 14 when he murdered Urantsetseg Tserendorj has 31 previous convictions. Charges or matters: her manslaughter on January 29, 2021. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

January 29, 2021 Incident
January 20, 2021 Hearing Or Sentence
February 3 Hearing Or Sentence
January 18 Other
January 16, 2023 Adjournment
2022-12-22 Publication

Why: The accused, who was 14 at the time of the offence and cannot be named because he is a minor, had denied the murder of Ms Tserendorj (49) but had pleaded guilty to her manslaughter on January 29, 2021. CNI source report

Case subjects

Unnamed 16-year-old

Convicted Person

Charges: her manslaughter on January 29, 2021 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He said the teenager was paying the price for his actions and had engaged with various services during his time in detention.; Mr Justice Tony Hunt put the matter back to January 16, 2023 to deliver sentence and remanded the teenager in detention to that date.