Police in Siberia probing horrific abuse of toddler as staff member is sacked

POLICE in Siberia are investigating claims that a two-year-old boy was tied up at nursery school in a bid to keep him quiet during nap time.

Investigators in Nakhodka, in the far east of Russia, have launched a criminal case against a female teacher after the alleged incident was reported to them by the toddler’s mother. The woman, who has not been named, said she found her son had been bound by his arms and legs when she arrived at the kindergarten.

She said: 'I came to the kindergarten earlier than usual. I was going to pick my son up and came straight into their sleeping room. My son was in bed, covered with a blanket. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I lifted it up – his arms and legs were tied up'.

As the police investigation begins, it has emerged a female teacher was sacked by the nursery with immediate effect. Officers are looking at the case under the 'failure in teaching duties towards minors' section of the Russian Criminal Code. If convicted the teacher faces up to three years in prison and would be banned from ever holding a position within education again.