Couple jailed for systematic neglect and physical abuse of man's young daughter

A Dublin couple have been jailed for a total of three years and three months for the systematic neglect and physical abuse of the man's young daughter over the course of a year.

The now 16-year-old had 46 separate injuries, including puncture marks, bruises, scratch marks and cuts, all over her body when she was examined by medical practitioners in 2008 as a six-year-old girl, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court was told.