Nursery worker 'punched and kicked' children

A 22-year-old nursery worker abused 21 babies, kicking one little boy in the face and stepping on his shoulder during a harrowing campaign of abuse.

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Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow, admitted seven counts of cruelty to a person under the age of 16, and was convicted of another 14 counts by a jury at Kingston Crown Court.

Her crimes were discovered in June last year after she was sent home for pinching a number of children and appearing "flustered" at the Riverside Nursery in Twickenham, south-west London, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police went through CCTV from the nursery that showed her pinching and scratching children under their clothes on their arms, legs and stomachs.