وقعت موظفات حضانة رومانية في شر أعمالهن، بعدما نسين إطفاء كاميرات المراقبة، فتمكن والد أحد الأطفال من كشف التعذيب والتعنيف الذي يتعرض له الأطفال هناك.
حيث نشرت صحيفة "دايلي ميل"البريطانية مقطع الفيديو الذي يوثق مسلسل التعذيب اليومي الذي يخضع له الأطفال في هذه الحضانة، في الوقت الذي يظن فيه الأهل أنهم وضعوا أطفالهم في أياد أمينة تساعد على تنمية مهاراتهم وتعزز لهم الروح الاجتماعية.
فما يحدث داخل الحضانة عكس ذلك تماما بحسب كاميرات المراقبة التي أظهرت كيف تقوم عاملات الحضانة بدم بارد بركل الأطفال وضربهم بالزجاجات وتخديرهم بالنبيذ لإرغامهم على النوم، وذلك بعد التأكد من إطفاء الكاميرات في فترة الصباح.
ولفتت الصحيفة إلى أن العاملات يشغلن الكاميرات حين يستيقظ الأطفال ليموهوا أفعالهم، لكن النسيان فضحهم على يد أحد الآباء مما أدى إلى إغلاق الحضانة، وتحويل العاملين فيها للتحقيق في قضية جنائية كاملة.
Horrified parents 'catch carers beating children and drugging them with red wine to make them sleep' after Romanian childminders forget to turn off CCTV cameras
Staff at Romanian nursery used to leave cameras on throughout morning
They would turn them off at midday when children were expected to sleep
A parent however discovered alleged abuse after logging on after midday and noticing the cameras were still running
Nursery is still running due to legal loophole which meant change in law left nobody responsible for closing it down until the criminal case is complete
Horrified parents allegedly witnessed children as young as five being beaten in an unlicensed Romanian kindergarten after staff forgot to turn off CCTV cameras.
Staff at the Little Kingdom nursery, in the Black Sea city of Constanta, used to leave cameras on each morning from 9am until 12noon so parents could watch their children playing and in lessons.
The cameras were usually switched off at midday when the children were expected to go to sleep.
But police and social workers investigating the incident say a parent who logged on after that time one day at the end of last year noticed the cameras were still running, and was shocked to see children allegedly being shouted at and abused.
Lawyer Stefan Roman, who is representing the parents, alleged they had found that children were given red wine in their fruit juice to make them sleep, and then given coffee to wake them up when the parents were supposed to come to take them home.
On a number of occasions, parents had allegedly questioned why the children had come home with bruises, but were always told it was as a result of being hit by one of the other youngsters in the nursery group.
Some of the CCTV images were recorded apparently showing the children being pushed, dropped and dragged across the floor when they either refused to sleep or did not want to wake up.