Dublin man pleads guilty to child cruelty and reckless endangerment

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An unnamed 30-year-old Dublin man pleaded guilty to child cruelty and reckless endangerment at the Central Criminal Court on 4 July 2023.

He admitted one count of reckless endangerment involving a toddler and four counts of child cruelty towards her and her brother. The offences related to events in Dublin, including the children being left without adequate care at a shopping centre on 5 April 2018.

The pleas ended his trial, which had begun with not guilty pleas to ten charges, including sexual offences that were no longer before the court after the agreement. He was due to be sentenced on 9 October 2023.