Nursery nurse is sentenced and fined over assault

By Annette Rawstrone, Nursery World, 5 April 2001

A nursery nurse who broke the arm of a child in her care has been given a 15-month prison sentence suspended for two years. Helen Lamb was also ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to the 20-month-old boy, who cannot be named, and £2,000 costs at Manchester Crown Court last week. She was found guilty by a jury last month of inflicting serious bodily harm (News, 15 March).

A nursery nurse who broke the arm of a child in her care has been given a 15-month prison sentence suspended for two years. Helen Lamb was also ordered to pay £1,500 compensation...

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