The husband of a woman murdered while walking home from work in Dublin's north inner city two years ago has told how his family is in "deep turmoil" following her death.
Urantsetseg Tserendorj, 49, was stabbed in the neck on a walkway between George's Dock and Custom House Quay in the IFSC on 20 January 2021, after a boy, who was aged 14 at the time, attempted to rob her.
She died in hospital nine days later.
The boy, now aged 17, was today sentenced to life in prison for the murder with his sentence to be reviewed in 13 years.
Ms Tserendorj moved to Ireland with her husband and two children around 15 years before she was killed.
Her husband Ulambayer Surenkhor wrote a statement to the Central Criminal Court, saying that he and his family had lived happily until "that terrible tragedy".
"I lost my beloved wife and our children lost their mother," he said.
"My health has been affected by severe mental difficulties and I have heart problems.
"I get unstable, lose my temper, and I just want to scream. She was kind and soft like my mother, and we were each other's first loves.
"That horrible day, due to the loss of her mother, my daughter is in deep emotional turmoil," he added.
Former Dublin mayor Hazel Chu also spoke outside court on behalf of Ms Tserendorj's family, with Mr Surenkhor by her side.
She said: "We just wanted to say a big thank you to Mr Justice Hunt and to the prosecution and also to the garda liaison office.
"As you know it is two years since Urantsetseg Tserendorj died and today her family and her husband would like to thank the public for their support."
