A TWO-YEAR-OLD child was found unaccompanied on the ledge of a roof of a three-storey apartment building and covered in faeces, a court heard today.<\/p>\n
The toddler\u2019s father, who is in his 40s, appeared before Limerick District Court, charged with one count of child cruelty.<\/p>\n
The man cannot be identified, due to a court order restricting reporting details that would identify the child, who is legally entitled to anonymity, under the Children\u2019s Act.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Jimmy Dillane, Roxboro Road Garda Station, told the court that, at around 2pm on 8 September 2023, garda\u00ed responded to a call of a child alone on a roof at an apartment complex in Limerick City.<\/p>\n
A witness had told garda\u00ed that the child was alone and on a ledge of the three-storey building.<\/p>\n
The child was \u201ccovered in faeces and non-verbal\u201d, when recovered by neighbours before garda\u00ed arrived at the scene, Dillane told the court.<\/p>\n
The child was taken from the scene by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick or a medical assessment.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Dillane alleged that the child\u2019s parents did not come forward at the time, and that when garda\u00ed called to their apartment, the man told them the child was asleep with his partner.<\/p>\n
The child\u2019s parents both appeared to be under the influence of intoxicants when garda\u00ed called to their apartment, Dillane told the court.<\/p>\n
Judge Patricia Harney refused jurisdiction and remanded the man in custody with consent to bail, on his own bond of \u20ac100; and provided that he be of good behaviour; that he reside at an address approved by garda\u00ed; sign on three days a week at a Limerick garda station; that he have no contact with any witnesses in the case, and that he remain alcohol and drug free.<\/p>\n
The child\u2019s mother, who is a co-accused in the case, and also charged with child cruelty, appeared before Limerick District Court earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The woman is also subject to reporting restrictions and cannot be named by court order to protect the child\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed told the woman\u2019s charge hearing that, when garda\u00ed called to the apartment, they found it was littered with rubbish, mould and faeces.<\/p>\n
Both accused were remanded on bail to appear before Limerick District Court in December, for further directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A TWO-YEAR-OLD child was found unaccompanied on the ledge of a roof of a three-storey apartment building and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1251,164213,1457,29927,61,60,1396,7250,43,178084],"class_list":["post-638843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-building","tag-child-cruelty","tag-court","tag-father","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick","tag-limerick-district-court","tag-news","tag-toddler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}