Unnamed teenager loses appeal against murder sentence

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The unnamed teenager lost his appeal against the severity of his murder sentence at the Court of Appeal on 19 December 2023. Urantsetseg Tserendorj was stabbed on a walkway in Dublin’s IFSC on 20 January 2021.

The three-judge court rejected all grounds challenging the life sentence, which includes a review after 13 years. The court had previously rejected his appeal against conviction.

The appeal argued that the sentence did not adequately reflect his age and that a shorter review period was warranted. The court concluded that the review period imposed fell within the appropriate range.