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Teaching assistant convicted of child cruelty (8 December 2014)
Date: 08/12/2014
A teaching assistant who taped a seven-year-old girl to a chair and subjected her to the ridicule of her classmates has been convicted of cruelty at Bradford Crown Court.
The court was told that 43-year-old Rachael Regan had “bullied and humiliated” the girl – now aged nine – over a period of five months. Regan had stuck sticky notes to the child’s thumbs to prevent her from sucking them, had ripped up a photograph of the girl in her presence – and had shut her in a store cupboard.
In class, Regan had made the girl stand on a chair after tying string gladiator-style round her over-large shoes – and then used sticky tape to bind her to the chair, where she remained for approximately ten minutes in front of laughing classmates.
The court heard that the child had run into her mother’s arms after school, with tears running down her face.
The school – based in Calderdale, West Yorkshire – was visited by police after the incident.
Regan will be sentenced later after reports, but Judge Neil Davey QC said he would not be jailing Regan because of delays in charging her and in bringing the case to court.
The girl’s class teacher, Deborah McDonald, 41, was cleared of charges of child cruelty.
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – Sexual and Physical Abuse Claims
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise victims of physical and/or sexual abuse on making no win no fee claims for compensation.
Personal injury claimants have three years in which to make a claim – usually once a conviction against the perpetrator has been obtained. Claims can be made through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme or through the civil courts.
Child can make Sexual and Physical Abuse Claims up to three years after the age of 18.
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors are also able to advise on making a compensation claim regarding historic allegations of sexual and physical abuse.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Sexual and Physical Abuse Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 020 7923 4020.