seasideForest
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I can't stop thinking about this case. All the details in this newspaper article show absolutely vile and consistently vile behaviour to that poor little baby. If it were just one instance, you could maybe say Roughley had a bad day and 'lost the plot', for example if R. had thrown one soft toy at little Gigi, but there were at least 2 occasions and on one occasion, she threw four, hitting her with one of them. SMH in disgust. A thrown soft toy may not physically hurt (?) but it will frighten a baby. It's NOT OK to use fear as punishment, especially not on a wee one.![]()
"You silly girl": The nursery worker that parents will never be able to forgive
Kate Roughley had been in childcare for nearly 20 years, but she took a dislike to a baby who had done nothing wrong...www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
btw I don't condone having a bad day and 'losing the plot' to the extent of using violence like throwing a toy or a lot of other stuff R. did, I just mean it would be more understandable if it had only happened once, instead of the vendetta it seemed to be. MOO.
Who knows why Gigi cried at the nursery. Maybe she was a sensitive child and could feel the animosity towards her from Roughley and/or see it in R.'s facial expressions and posture? A baby who unconsciously picks up on this would be frightened and cry for help and comfort because that's what babies do since they don't have the ability to speak yet.
The photos of little Genevieve are so sweet - her little smiling face, peering at the camera and those big eyes.
This wasn't just a crime towards little Genevieve whose life was taken, stolen. Roughley took this child from her parents and sister. Those poor parents finding out how badly their little Gigi had regularly suffered at nursery, at how much distress she must have been in consistently, and how awful her last 90 minutes must have been.
I don't usually feel vindictive towards criminals since I believe it's the job of the Prison Service to punish, but in this case I do wish Roughley h*ll on earth, now.
All MOO