The jury has begun their deliberations in the trial of a 16-year-old boy accused of murdering Urantsetseg Tserendorj as she walked home from work in Dublin's financial district in January 2020
Mr Justice Tony Hunt concluded his charge to the jurors this afternoon telling them they must act judicially and not allow sympathy or unnecessary emotion to filter in when making their decision.
The teenager, who cannot be named because he is a minor, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ms Tserendorj but guilty to her manslaughter on 29 January 2021.He has also pleaded guilty to producing a knife and to attempting to rob Ms Tserendorj at a walkway between George's Dock and Custom House Quay on 20 January 2021.
By the time she arrived at the Mater Hospital Ms Tserendorj was struggling to breath and despite the best efforts of medical staff to save her, she was declared dead over a week later on 29 January. He said they must look at the act that caused the fatality and then look at the state of mind of the accused at the time, or the absence of state of mind.
He said the accused's intention was to carry out an act of stealing and, if necessary, to use violence or the threat of violence. "If the intent to cause serious injury exists and death results, a verdict of guilty to murder is deserved," he said.
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