Addict hit baby while coming down from heroin, court hears

An addict repeatedly hit a nine-month-old baby because it started crying while she was coming down from heroin in the bathrooms of a chipper, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

The 25-year-old woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the child, initially told gardaí she could not remember how the child suffered its injuries because she was “stoned out of it”. She later admitted she “hit her a few slaps” adding that “babies bruise easily”.