'Devoted' Cork mother who picked daughter up by her hair avoids conviction

Witnesses in a park saw the 20-month-old child being kicked in the lower back a number of times and picked up off the ground by the hair.
'Devoted' Cork mother who picked daughter up by her hair avoids conviction

Cork District Court heard that the mother had spent eight weeks in a residential facility to deal with depression and alcohol issues. File photo

A sentencing judge in the case against a mother who picked her 20-month-old daughter off the ground by her hair and kicked her in the back during a bout of depression said in light of the complete turnaround that it would be unfair to mark it with a conviction.

The case, which has been before Cork District Court a number of times, has now been finalised.

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