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"Judgment Day has arrived": Parents demonstrate outside the court ahead of the sentence to Carmel Meuda
Ahead of the sentencing of the kindergarten teacher who was accused of abusing and assaulting the toddlers in the kindergarten she ran, parents of toddlers in the kindergarten hope that the court will set the maximum penalty set by law.
They waved signs condemning her that read "Every witch comes her day"
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Carmel Meuda
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Sapir Levy
Thursday, 08 July 2021, 14:20
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The Lod District Court will today (Thursday) sentence Carmel Meuda, a kindergarten teacher from Rosh HaAyin who was convicted of abusing toddlers in a kindergarten she owns in Rosh HaAyin about two years ago.
Along with the prosecution's request about three months ago to impose a maximum of 14 years in prison instead of 16, parents of toddlers in kindergarten hope that the court will sentence them to the maximum sentence.
Dozens of parents and relatives are protesting outside the courthouse at the time.
The demonstrators waved signs that read, "Every witch has a day," "Doomsday has come to number one monster."
During the hearing at the sentencing arguments stage, the plaintiff noted the punishment according to nine years imprisonment for the counts of abuse for which she was convicted and seven years imprisonment for the counts of assault.
However, she sought to impose 14 years in prison and not 16 as the law allows.
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"Judgment Day for Monster No. 1."
Protesters outside the court in Lod, today (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The parents, the prosecution's request is not sufficient.
Yael Tulczynski, the mother of H.E., whose abuse was mentioned in the indictment in the indictment, described the past period so far as particularly severe.
"My daughter was slapped, stepped on, her head hit in a coop when Carmel threw her on the mattress," she said.
"Carmel grabbed her by the cheeks and threw her head back ... My baby was a year and a bit old. No punishment would satisfy me for what Carmel had ever done. The children were left with scars forever.
" I hope the judge will sentence her to the maximum sentence, "she said. "Then we can also focus on our war with the assistant Liraz Tiferet Natan, whose trial is still ongoing."
Protesters outside the court in Lod, today (Photo: Reuven Castro)
In all, the Central District Court eight months ago convicted Meuda of 17 cases of abuse and assault against 11 infants and toddlers. In addition, the toddlers' parents filed a civil lawsuit against Meuda in order to obtain compensation of NIS 2.5 million.
Among other things, she was accused of covering the babies 'heads with a blanket, sitting on them to prevent movement, tying one of the toddlers' hands with a string for minutes to hours, holding several of them by force and lifting them in the air until they were thrown to the floor. She was also charged with shaking, putting babies face down on the wall, sometimes for hours, and slapping them with a diaper, slapping them, pinching and pulling their heads back while blocking their noses and mouths.
The investigation against Meuda began following the publication of documentation of the abuse, as recorded on cameras placed in the nursery.
The documentation revealed harsh acts and even ignited huge protests across the country.
The parents of the toddlers at the "Baby Love" nursery, which she has always operated, used to come to the legal hearings in the case, and more than once called her cries from the audience benches.
Shortly after the affair broke out, Meuda's house in Rosh HaAyin, where the nursery was located, was also set on fire.
The lighter, Adir Ratzon, was convicted in a plea deal in July and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
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