Judge dismisses toddler assault case against Cork woman, 73

Judge Roberts told the parents of the infant that the investigation of the management of the crèche was for another day

The witness claimed the defendant caught the infant by back of the head, shaking her and screaming at her causing the child to lose balance, fall and hit her head off the floor. File image: PA

A 73-year-old woman accused of assault causing harm to a 16-month old girl at a crèche in County Cork by pulling her hair, squeezing her face, shouting at her and slamming her into a chair, has had her case dismissed.

Judge Colm Roberts said after a case that went on throughout today: “I can only determine the matter on the evidence. I am not satisfied that the State has reached the standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt. I think it would be unsafe to convict. I have to dismiss,” he said.