Teenager accused of murdering Urantsetseg Tserendorj planned knife robbery, court told

The defendant had said: "I did not mean to stab that woman. It was an accident. If I could sit in front of her now, I'd say I'm sorry."

Urantsetseg Tserendorj (pictured) was stabbed in the neck on a walkway between George’s Dock and Custom House Quay in the IFSC, Dublin on January 20, 2021. File picture

A 16-year-old boy on trial for the murder of Mongolian national Urantsetseg Tserendorj, who died after being stabbed in the neck on her walk home from work, told gardaí that he went out that night planning to rob someone with a knife.

“I panicked and pulled the knife out of my pocket and stabbed her in the neck. I done it. I didn't mean to do it. I'm sorry for it," the accused told gardaí.