In a judgement delivered earlier this year by Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley, the Supreme Court found that life sentences for a child convicted of murder should only be imposed in exceptional cases where the evidence showed their intentions and actions were akin to those of an adult.

The judgment arises from an appeal taken by the young man convicted of murdering Mongolian woman Urantsetseg Tserendorj in Dublin in January 2021.

Urantsetseg Tserendorj was murdered as she walked home from work in Dublin city centre in January 2021

Urantsetseg Tserendorj died after she was stabbed on her way home from work in Dublin city centre in January 2021