Unnamed 16-year-old boy found guilty of Urantsetseg Tserendorj’s murder

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An unnamed 16-year-old boy was found guilty of murdering Urantsetseg Tserendorj at the Central Criminal Court on 11 November 2022.

The jury returned a majority verdict after deliberating at the retrial. The boy had denied murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter; the State did not accept that plea.

The court heard that Ms Tserendorj was stabbed in the neck while walking home from work in Dublin city centre on 20 January 2021. She died in hospital nine days later.

The judge remanded the boy in custody for sentence on 21 December 2022.