'Because I am a male of a certain age' people will think I'm guilty of child cruelty, Cork man tells court

The accused man told doctors in January 2021 that he let his daughter fall on two occasions, the court heard

Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that the accused man told Tusla he shook his baby twice but he said the truth was that he never shook her. File picture: Larry Cummins

The accused man on trial for cruelty to his six-month-old baby daughter and seriously assaulting her told investigating gardaí that people would think he did it because he is a 31-year-old man.

“Because I am a male of a certain age everyone is going to think I injured my child, and it is a horrible feeling,” the defendant told gardaí, according to a memo of his interview with gardaí which was read to Judge Dermot Sheehan and the jury on Monday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.