Ballydoyle jockey escapes prison sentence for child cruelty after beating daughter

A sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court heard Donnelly had beaten his young daughter, who was aged 13 at the time, with a piece of plastic pipe in anger

Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court

Seán McCárthaigh

A jockey working at the renowned Ballydoyle stud farm of leading horse owner John Magnier has received a suspended jail sentence for an assault on his teenage daughter 14 years ago.

Lorcan Donnelly (52) of Marlfield Avenue, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, pleaded guilty to a number of offences including cruelty to a child in relation to a single incident at his then family home in Redcross, Co Wicklow, on April 27, 2010.