Dublin man jailed for child cruelty and reckless endangerment

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An unnamed Dublin man was jailed for five years for child cruelty and reckless endangerment at the Central Criminal Court on 20 October 2023.

Mr Justice David Keane backdated the sentence to the man’s custody from September 2021. The reckless-endangerment plea was entered on the basis that he left the girl in her mother’s care.

The man pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment of the girl and four counts of child cruelty, two concerning her and two concerning her brother. The remaining rape and sexual-assault charges were dropped by the Director of Public Prosecutions.