Parents of baby girl with ‘top-to-toe’ skin infection prosecuted for neglect

The parents of an infant girl with “top-to-toe” skin infection were prosecuted yesterday for wilful neglect of the child.

The young parents — the mother and father are both 19 years old — appeared before Cork District Court yesterday.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations in the case, the Director of Public Prosecutions decided the case could be dealt with at District Court level on a plea of guilty only.