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Father-of-six gets community service for beating daughter (9)
Summary
A 34‑year‑old man pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to his nine‑year‑old daughter between 8 and 11 July 2016. He admitted slapping her but denied using a broom handle or other sticks to beat her. The daughter described being forced to hold a stick from the kitchen and having her hands and knees against a wall, with the father striking her if she moved. Gardaí seized a broom handle wrapped in toilet paper and a thin blue plastic stick from his home. He has 17 prior convictions, including two common assaults and one on a Garda. The case was adjourned for a year and the man entered a guilty plea in May 2023. Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him to 240 hours of community service in lieu of an 18‑month prison term, warning that repeat offences would lead to imprisonment. The daughter remains on a counselling waiting list.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Father-of-six gets community service for beating daughter (9). Charges or matters: assault causing harm to the girl at an address in Dublin between July 8 and July 11, 2016. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- July 8 Incident
- July 11, 2016 Incident
- July 8, 2016 Other
- July 2020 Adjournment
- 2021-11-08 Publication
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Defendant
Charges: assault causing harm to the girl at an address in Dublin between July 8 and July 11, 2016 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: By Stephen Bourke A father-of-six who admitted beating his nine-year-old daughter but denied using a broom handle to do it has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service. She just didn't deserve this." Today he ordered the man to carry out 240 hours of community service in lieu of an 18-month prison sentence.; The case was originally due to go to trial in July 2020 but was adjourned for a year.
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