Man who murdered toddler sentenced to 20 years

A antheral who murdered a toddler by throwing her astatine a fireplace has been handed a 20-year sentence.

Two-year-old Ali Jayden Doyle’s mother, Jade Dempsey, was fixed a three-year probation bid aft pleading blameworthy to wilfully neglecting and exposing the small miss to unnecessary suffering and injury.

Darryn John Armstrong admitted throwing the toddler, who subsequently died from a catastrophic caput injury.

Her skull had been fractured aft she deed a fireplace. He pleaded blameworthy to her execution successful May this year.

Ali Jayden died connected 6 August 2021 astatine Armstong’s location successful the Park Avenue country of Dungannon.

Jade Dempsey, 28, whose code is the taxable of a reporting restriction, had near her 2 youngest children, Ali and her 1 twelvemonth aged brother, with Armstrong astatine the location earlier mounting disconnected to the autobus halt to question to Belfast.

This was successful breach of a Child Protection Plan imposed by societal services, which banned Armstrong from having interaction with the children.

In sentencing Armstrong, Mr Justice McAlinden said that helium had not shown "one scintilla of remorse oregon regret" for his actions.