Sandra Higgins's retrial opens on serious baby-harm charge

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Sandra Higgins had a jury sworn for her retrial on a charge of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to a baby at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 15 January 2018. The alleged incident occurred at her home in Cavan on 28 March 2012.

Higgins, of Cavan town, denies the charge. The trial was expected to last two weeks, with evidence from civilian and Garda witnesses and the possibility of evidence from a paediatrician in Wales.