Ex-creche worker jailed for killing baby girl by force feeding her drain cleaner
Lawers of the accused Myriam Jaouen, Mailys Leduc (L) and Julia Coppard talk to the press (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)
An ex-creche worker has been jailed for 25 years after she gave a baby drain cleaner to stop her crying.
Myriam Jaouen, 30, was found guilty of ‘torture and act of barbarism resulting in death’ but with no intention to kill.
Prosecutor Baptiste Godreau at the court in Lyon, France, said Jaouen was ‘perfectly conscious’ of what she was doing after killing baby Lisa in 2022.
Jaouen was alone at the facility when Lisa’s dad dropped her off to be looked after.
Two women then dropped their sons off a few minutes later and found Jaouen crying and Lisa vomiting.
The baby was seriously burnt and died that morning after being taken to hospital.
Attendees queue outside an Assizes Court courtoom for the trial of Myriam Jaouen (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)
Jaouen admitted in police custody that she had given Lisa corrosive liquid but said she did not intend to kill her.
She said during the trial that she held Lisa’s head back and poured the liquid straight into her mouth because she didn’t want her to cry anymore.
It was heard how she did not call for help herself, got rid of the bottle before she finished her workday and went shopping, indifferent to the baby’s ‘agony’.
Godreau said the 25-year sentence was needed because of the ‘extreme seriousness of this act, for having taken the life of a defenceless child in a cowardly fashion, to protect society in a lasting way and to protect the interests of the family’.
Baby Lisa’s death caused outrage in France and triggered a series of investigations both by the government and media which highlighted shortcomings in the private daycare sector.
But her parents in court wanted to bring the blame back to Jaouen, whom they described as the ‘monster’ who killed their daughter.
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