Unnamed man jailed for child cruelty and reckless endangerment

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An unnamed man was jailed for child cruelty and reckless endangerment at the Central Criminal Court on 20 October 2023, receiving a five-year sentence backdated to his custody in September 2021.

He pleaded guilty to endangering the girl and to child cruelty towards her and her brother; the remaining rape and sexual assault charges were dropped. The reckless endangerment plea was entered on the basis that he had left the girl in her mother’s care at the relevant time.

The judge noted the children’s young age and vulnerability, the serious injury to the girl and the psychological harm she had suffered. He also took account of the guilty pleas in mitigation.