Woman jailed for beating and torturing partner's daughter for 11 years

10-year-old girl systematically attacked with implements while being mocked as a kind of Cinderella

Cora Desmond, who was systematically beaten and tortured for 11 years, pictured at Cork Circuit Court. Picture: Daragh McSweeney Cork Courts Limited

A woman who systematically beat and tortured her partner’s daughter for years and mocked her as a kind of Cinderella has been jailed for two years.

Bridget Kenneally, of 19 The Green, Duncoran, Youghal, Co Cork, beat the child for nearly 11 years using implements that included a poker, spatula, wooden spoon, a set of hinges, and length of a Hoover pipe.