A nursery worker who mistreated 21 children in her care has been jailed for eight years.

Roksana Lecka was caught on CCTV pinching, punching and kicking her victims while working at the now closed Riverside Nursery in Twickenham, southwest London .

The 22-year-old was also seen aggressively covering a young boy's mouth as he started to cry, in a pattern of behaviour described as "exceptional cruelty".

Lecka, of Hounslow, had previously pleaded guilty to seven counts of cruelty towards a person under the age of 16.

A jury at Kingston Crown Court convicted her of another 14 counts in June following a trial.

Metropolitan Police detectives reviewed CCTV from a number of days in June 2024 that showed her pinching and scratching children under their clothes - on their arms, legs a

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