‘Cross’ father gets suspended sentence for child cruelty

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The unnamed ‘cross’ father received a two-year suspended sentence for child cruelty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 11 May 2018. He had pleaded guilty to five counts after beating his children in Dublin between October 2011 and April 2014.

The court heard the children were beaten between 50 and 100 times with household items. Judge Martin Nolan ordered compliance with social services directions and considered the man’s lack of previous convictions and remorse when imposing sentence.