Overview
- Kingston Crown Court sentenced 22-year-old Roksana Lecka after she admitted seven counts and was convicted of 14 further offences of child cruelty.
- The abuse took place from October 2023 to June 2024 at Little Munchkins in Hounslow and Riverside Nursery in Twickenham, which has since closed.
- CCTV shown in court captured pinching, slapping, scratching and kicking, including footage of Lecka repeatedly kicking a child’s face.
- Prosecutors said the youngest victim was 10 months old and described bruising and persistent red marks on several children.
- The defence cited remorse, youth and a claim that cannabis use altered her behaviour, while police praised parents and lawyers questioned how the abuse went undetected for months.