Man who assaulted son and exposed him to heroin use jailed for one year

A man who was found guilty of cruelty to his own son by assaulting him, exposing him to open heroin use and leaving him to sleep on the floor was sentenced to one year of imprisonment today.

That sentence will be consecutive to a drugs sentence being served by the accused. The case came before the Court of Appeal by way of an appeal against an entirely suspended sentence imposed by Judge Tom O’Donnell at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.