Topic 4.1 Babysitter murdered two-year-old

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/4329445.stm

A 34-year old babysitter has been convicted of murdering a two-year old. Holdworth was looking after Kyle Fisher in July 2004, while the 19-year old single mother was out to a club. She claimed Kyle had had a fit while they were watching television, but research showed that the small boy had been hit against a banister with his head. The injuries the child had were similar to throwing it out of a car while it had a speed of sixty miles per hour. Holdworth will be sentenced for life.

Having some experience in babysitting (for years and for six months in Scotland as an au pair), I know children can be horrible. I have had many doubts about wanting to stay an au pair when the spoiled little brat kept terrorising me (not so good choice of words maybe, but it certainly felt like that sometimes, no wait, very often actually). It sometimes was really hard to stay calm and patient and nice, really. I did grab the boy's arm sometimes if he didn't want to listen, but I immediately felt badly after: I hope I did not hurt him! Imagine smashing a two-year old ('my' Scottish child was 4), with no real will, into a banister. Imagine how she had to throw him to let the kid hit the banister so hard it looked like it was thrown from a car driving 60 m/h. Imagine how Holdworth was swinging the baby backwards and aiming for the banister. Imagine how sick Holdworth's mind is. Yes, children can be horrible, but this is beyond words. It is a right for her to have been sentenced for life.
In Scotland I saw a lot of young girls with children. At first I thought they were all au pairs, but after a while I realised one-third of them were young mothers. One time, when I went to the Somerfield with Micheal, the cashier asked where his mother came from, Sweden? No, I said, from Scotland. - Are you Scottish then? I made very, very sure she understood I certainly was not this annoying, spoiled, screaming and Bob-the-builer-cookies-freak's mother, thank the Lord! No way! But seeing how serious she was, and how normal it seemed for her to assume that I was another teenage mother (I was eighteen back than, you do the math), I realised how 'normal' it is. I can imagine the 19-year old (single) mother of Kyle Fisher really likes to go out and forget the worries about her child for a couple of hours, but this has proved even some babysitters are not trustworthy either.