30s Daycare Teacher Sentenced to 8 Months for Abusing 1-Year-Old Boy... Pressed to Floor and Hit Head Multiple Times
[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] A daycare teacher in her 30s was sentenced to prison for forcefully pressing the back of the head of a one-year-old child who would not stop crying after making the child lie face down on the floor.
The Jeju District Court Criminal Division 3 (Chief Judge Park Jun-seok) announced on the 2nd that it sentenced daycare teacher A (39) to 8 months in prison on charges of violating the Child Welfare Act (child abuse).
The court stated the reason for sentencing, saying, "The defendant, a daycare teacher, had the responsibility to protect the victim child, and the method of the crime against a child who was only one year old was quite violent."
A was prosecuted on charges of abuse after making a one-year-old boy, B, lie face down on the floor at a daycare center in Jeju City at 11:06 a.m. on August 12 last year, and pressing the back of his head forcefully to prevent him from getting up when B burst into tears and would not stop crying.
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He is also accused of pressing B down toward the floor again and hitting his head several times when B tried to get up.
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