Three men in their 30s, 40s and 50s have appeared at Trim District Court charged with child cruelty offences. The men were arrested by Gardai at a house in Co Meath last year. All three were charged with a number of offences. The first accused in his 30s was charged with 10 counts of rape, a charge of attempted rape, two charges of cruelty to children, two charges of assault causing harm and two counts of threatening to kill. The second accused in his 40s was charged with reckless endangerment of a child and two counts of cruelty to children while the third man was charged with two counts of cruelty to children. It was alleged that the offences occurred in Meath on dates unknown between 2012 and 2022.
