A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to life for murdering a woman who was walking home from work, with a review of the sentence in 13 years
Urantsetseg Tserendorj, 49, was stabbed in the neck on a walkway between George's Dock and Custom House Quay in the IFSC, Dublin, on 20 January 2021, after the boy, who was aged 14 at the time, attempted to rob her.A previous sentence hearing had been delayed after the judge appealed to the Oireachtas to correct what he said was a"yawning gap" in the legislation covering children convicted of serious crimes.
He said:"I have come to the view that I can derive some encouragement from ministerial and department statements since the last sentencing hearing in this unfortunate case. It has to be emphasised, the limit of my function is to raise issues where they touch on the business of this court." When the Children Act was drawn up, Mr Justice Hunt said it is possible that very young people committing serious offences was not considered.
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