Woman to appeal conviction for abuse and neglect of her own child

The 46-year-old Cork native was convicted by a jury in June 2022 of willful neglect of the child between September 2010 to June 2015

The Criminal Courts of Justice, at Anglesea Street, Cork. In December 2022, the Central Criminal Court heard that the woman, who has “very limited cognitive functioning”, does not accept the verdicts of the jury, who unanimously convicted her. Picture: Larry Cummins

A woman who received a fully suspended sentence for the neglect, sexual assault, and exploitation of her own toddler son has launched a bid to overturn her conviction.

The 46-year-old Cork native, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victim, was convicted by a jury in June 2022 of willful neglect of the child between September 2010 to June 2015 — when the boy was between one and four-and-a-half years old. She was also found guilty of sexual assault and sexual exploitation of the child on a date unknown between September 2013 and June 2015.