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UK Deports Baby-Abusing Nursery Worker After 14-Month Sentence

5/20/2026

Summary

Story summary

The Ministry of Justice deported nursery worker Roksana Lecka to Poland after she served only 14 months of an eight-year sentence.
Lecka, a 23-year-old Polish national, abused 21 babies at two west London nurseries between October 2023 and June 2024.
Parents called the deportation horrendous and said it undermines the trial.
Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson criticised the lack of communication and urged mandatory CCTV in nurseries and a childcare workers register.

History

Historical Context

Victoria Climbié’s 2000 death led Lord Laming’s inquiry, whose 2003 report launched the Every Child Matters reforms, the Children Act 2004 and a £224 million national child-information database called ContactPoint. Those changes created the modern child-protection framework that now underpins policy debates on safeguarding and calls for stronger oversight of childcare services across England.

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Story summary

The Ministry of Justice deported nursery worker Roksana Lecka to Poland after she served only 14 months of an eight-year sentence.
Lecka, a 23-year-old Polish national, abused 21 babies at two west London nurseries between October 2023 and June 2024.
Parents called the deportation horrendous and said it undermines the trial.
Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson criticised the lack of communication and urged mandatory CCTV in nurseries and a childcare workers register.

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