Man jailed over attack on ex whose baby was severely malnourished and left in soiled nappy for days

Home had no electricity or running water and baby, who had to hospitalised, looked like a two or three-month-old but was actually 10-months-old, court heard

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Isabel Hayes

A man who assaulted his ex-partner whose baby was in a severely malnourished state has been jailed for nine months.

The 40-year-old Dublin man, who can't be named for legal reasons, left his victim with a fractured nose as a result of the assault, which occurred in her home on May 14, 2020.