Mother’s delay in having burned son treated ‘reprehensible’

A judge described as “reprehensible” a six-day delay by a mother in seeking medical attention for first-and second-degree burns suffered by her two-year-old son.

Mother’s  delay in having burned son treated ‘reprehensible’

At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, Judge Carroll Moran imposed a two-year suspended term on the 26-year-old for neglect of her son in Sep and Oct 2009.

Judge Moran said the burns “were non-accidental; that is, they were done deliberately... I cannot speculate about what might have happened, unless there is evidence before me. In this case we just don’t know. For this reason, the accused has not been charged with anything other than neglect.”

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