‘From an early age, I can remember being physically slapped and screamed at by the accused’, girl told court
When she was very young, she used to have “a lot of meltdowns” as she became very stressed when there was any tension in the home that she shared with her mother her stepfather and siblings, and it was only afterwards that she was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, she said.
“I felt neglected, lost and worthless at times. My childhood was a tough time for me, it has left me with a lot of issues which I am trying to deal with to this day,” said the girl, who expressed relief that her stepfather had pleaded guilty to the offence as she would have found testifying very stressful.
He said that once the girl had come forward and made a statement of complaint against her stepfather, he had left the family home while he had entered an early plea to the charge of child cruelty, had no previous convictions and has not come to garda attention since his arrest. “He did not manage to deal with the situation as she should have ... he did apologise before he left the family home, but I am instructed to apologise again for his treatment of his stepdaughter when she was a small vulnerable child,” she said.
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