'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.

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.