Dublin man jailed for reckless endangerment and child cruelty

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An unnamed 30-year-old Dublin man was jailed for five years for reckless endangerment and child cruelty at the Central Criminal Court on 20 October 2023.

The reckless endangerment involved his partner’s toddler daughter, and the child cruelty counts concerned her and her brother.

The man pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment and four counts of child cruelty; the remaining rape and sexual assault charges were dropped.

Mr Justice David Keane backdated the sentence to the man’s entry into custody in September 2021.