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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Stephen Maguire

Jail for dad who abandoned baby at side of road in anger over mum's night out - and took photos to send her

A young father who abandoned his baby daughter at the side of a busy road in anger after the child's mother went on a night out has been jailed for three years.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the victim's identity, then took pictures of the two-year-old child before sending them to her mother and driving off.

The child was found crying, cold and in a terrified state by two passers-by at 5am.

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