Nursery employee Roksana Lecka convicted of abusing 21 small children

A 22-year-old nursery employee has been convicted of abusing 21 small children, together with kicking one little boy within the face and stepping on his shoulder.

Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, west London, admitted seven counts of cruelty to an individual beneath the age of 16 and used to be discovered in charge of some other 14 by way of a jury at Kingston Crown Court, the Metropolitan Police stated.

Her crimes have been came upon in June remaining 12 months after she used to be despatched house for pinching various kids and showing “flustered” on the Riverside Nursery in Twickenham, south-west London, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated.

Solicitor Jemma Till from Irwin Mitchell stated the households concerned were “traumatised”.

Detectives from the Met Police went thru CCTV from the nursery that confirmed her pinching and scratching kids beneath their garments on their hands, legs and stomachs.

She pinched a number of kids dozens of instances throughout someday, inflicting them to cry and cringe clear of her, the CPS stated.

In one incident she kicked just a little boy within the face a number of instances. She used to be additionally noticed to push small children headfirst over cots and canopy a child’s mouth when he began to cry.

The Metropolitan Police stated she had abused kids at two nurseries between October 2023 and June 2024 – probably the most counts associated with Little Munchkins in Hounslow, with the remaining related to the Riverside Nursery in Twickenham, which has since closed.

Det Sgt Geoff Boye stated: “Footage showed Lecka carrying out multiple assaults on the children in her care which included repeatedly pinching and grabbing children, dropping babies into their cots and on one occasion, she delivered several kicks to a young boy to the face and stepped on his shoulder.”

Lecka advised police she smoked hashish sooner than her shifts, and at one level used to be noticed vaping a metre clear of a tender child.

Det Insp Sian Hutchings stated: “These families left their children in Lecka’s care, trusting her to protect their children as well as the other staff at the nurseries clearly did.

“The pictures of her offences towards defenceless kids used to be hectic.

“I would like to praise the strength of the victims’ families who have had to sit in court and watch footage of the abuse which Lecka inflicted on their children.”

Lecka labored at Riverside Nursery between January and June 2024, with various oldsters reporting ordinary accidents and bruising in March and May that 12 months.

Senior crown prosecutor Gemma Burns stated Lecka had “shown exceptional cruelty” to the small children.

“No parent should have to fear leaving their child in the care of professionals, but the sheer scale of her abuse is staggering,” she added.

She will likely be sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on 26 September.