Teenager found guilty of Urantsetseg Tserendorj’s murder

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A teenager was found guilty of murdering Urantsetseg Tserendorj at the Central Criminal Court on 11 November 2022, after a retrial.

The jury returned a 10-1 majority verdict on the fourth day of deliberations. The teenager, who was 14 when the offence occurred, had denied murder; the State did not accept his guilty plea to manslaughter.

Tserendorj was stabbed as she walked home from work in Dublin’s financial district on 20 January 2021. The fatal wound severed her carotid artery, and she died on 29 January.

After the verdict, the judge remanded the teenager in custody for a mention on 9 December, with sentencing set for 21 December.