Dublin mother found unfit to stand trial on abuse charges

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A Dublin mother was found unfit to stand trial on charges of child neglect, reckless endangerment and causing or encouraging a sexual offence, at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 15 July 2019. She cannot be named to protect her children’s identities.

The court accepted psychiatric evidence that she could not properly instruct a legal team or challenge evidence because of intellectual disability. The charges related to alleged conduct involving her two youngest children between 2002 and 2010.

The case was adjourned for 12 months so her circumstances and the support available to her in the community could be monitored.