Mother who slapped and threatened five children walks from court after jail sentence quashed

The woman had successfully argued that the trial judge did not adequately address her rehabilitation efforts when jailing her

The woman pleaded guilty and was jailed last month for two years with the final 12 months suspended on all five counts with the concurrent sentences to run from March 8.

A mother who slapped, boxed and called her five children derogatory names walked from the Court of Appeal on Thursday after she successfully argued that the trial judge did not adequately address her rehabilitation efforts when jailing her for one year.

The woman (38), who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of her children, was jailed at Trim Circuit Criminal Court just last month on five counts of cruelty to her children who were aged between 11 and four years old at the time.