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Mum wilfully neglected children at Portadown home where there was ‘pungent smell of faeces’

Two children aged under ten, who were in the house at the time, were put into emergency foster care

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Court Reporter
September 1, 2025

A mother with a Portadown address has been sentenced on charges of wilfully neglecting two children in her rubbish-strewn home where, Craigavon Magistrates' Court was told, there was a "pungent smell of faeces".
A prosecutor said police were contacted after Social Services attended the address...

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