Alcoholic left infant in car for eight hours because he forgot where he parked, court told

The court heard that the maximum sentence available is seven years in prison and or a fine

The court heard that gardaí launched a search for the car that involved all available gardaí from Dublin and Meath, and the garda helicopter was deployed.

A father who left his nine-month-old child in a car for over eight hours will be sentenced next week.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that a 35-year-old man who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of his child pleaded guilty to one count of child neglect at a location in the Dublin 15 area on October 21, 2023. He has two previous convictions, one of which was for a minor road traffic matter.