A 34-year old man who admitted a charge of child cruelty against his partner’s daughter was issued with a three-year restraining order today (Wednesday).
The Co Down man, who can’t be named to protect the identity of the teenage victim, was also handed a six-month prison sentence which was suspended for two years.
The defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of cruelty to a child and admitted that on dates between February 1 and August 14, 2020 he ‘unlawfully assaulted and ill treated’ her ‘in a manner likely to cause her unnecessary suffering or injury to health’.
