Cork teen who injured toddler in hit-and-run appeals sentence

Youth given four-year sentence and banned from driving for 20 years

The teenager’s counsel submitted that the sentencing judge had failed to afford sufficient weight to the mitigating factors in the case. Picture: iStock

A teenager who sped off after knocking down a two-year-old outside the child’s home, has appealed against his four-year sentence.

The Cork youth was sentenced last year, having pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to the toddler, who was left with a life-long brain injury.