{"id":959335,"date":"2026-05-14T13:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959335\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:18:28","slug":"wirral-nursery-worker-grabbed-baby-by-arm-in-reckless-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959335\/","title":{"rendered":"Wirral nursery worker grabbed baby by arm in &#8216;reckless act&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement read to the court, another nursery worker told how when she saw what was happening she told the defendant that she could not pick up a child like that. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the time Adeagbo said she was sorry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She was convicted of assault by beating after a trial at South Sefton Magistrates&#8217; Court in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In an emotional statement which she read to the court, the boy&#8217;s mother said: &#8220;From the minute we got the call from the nursery the whole situation has been very stressful for me and my family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is a big thing to place your trust in a nursery and you expect good care. I do not know why anyone would think it appropriate to carry a child like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Presiding magistrate Diane Davies told Adeagbo she had committed a &#8220;reckless act&#8221; and had exceeded the implied consent that nursery workers have to handle children in their care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the magistrates also took into account Adeagbo&#8217;s remorse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They sentenced her to a 12-month community order which will include 10 rehabilitation days and 100 hours of unpaid work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Adeagbo will also have to pay \u00a3300 in costs, and \u00a3250 compensation to the boy&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement read to the court, another nursery worker told how when she saw what was happening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":959336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-959335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116573130481156269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}