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Mother who neglected children went on to drug, theft offences

Date
2019-10-25

Stage
Hearing Or Decision

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

In a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court hearing on 25 October 2019, a 36‑year‑old woman, whose name is withheld to protect her children, was found to have breached the conditions of a suspended two‑year sentence imposed in January 2017 for wilfully neglecting her six‑year‑old and 13‑month‑old children. The 2017 case involved the older child being discovered wandering a Dublin street in a distressed, cold, wet state, and the younger child found in a buggy in the mother's living room, both in a distressed condition with soiled nappies and clothes. The mother was described as in a "disorientated state" and was dealing with alcohol addiction at the time.