Childminder on trial over injuries to baby girl

A registered childminder has gone on trial charged with causing serious harm to a 10-month-old girl.

On the first day of the trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the infant’s mother testified that her daughter was fine on the morning of March 28, 2012, when she dropped her to the home of Sandra Higgins.

Ms Higgins, aged 34, of The Beeches, Drumgola Wood, Cavan, has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the baby at her home on March 28, 2012.