Man who burnt toddler's face with mini blowtorch jailed for 20 months

Accused was high on magic mushrooms when he walked towards two children in a bike buggy outside their home and burnt one of them on the cheek

Darren Brennan (30), of Whitechurch Road, Ballyboden, Dublin, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to one count of assault causing harm to the two-year-old boy at an address in Dublin on September 6 last year. Picture: iStock

A man who walked up to two toddlers as they sat in a buggy outside their house and burnt one of their faces with a mini blowtorch has been jailed for 20 months.

The little boys were strapped into a bike buggy in their driveway waiting on their parents, who were preparing to go for a family outing, when the man approached the buggy and burnt the cheek of one child, before quickly leaving the scene.