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Babysitter jailed after ‘she left toddler without food or water for 21 hours until parents returned home’ (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dude@lemmings.world to c/news@lemmings.world

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Holy shit. She only got one year? Will she be out in three months? I know the law constrains the sentences a judge can pass, but this law needs to change. Something like this needs five years minimum.

Carly Webb, 21, was sentenced to a year behind bars on Friday after a judge found she had neglected and physically abused the child of a family friend whom she watched at their Bedford, Virginia, home between October 2023 and January 2024, WDBJ 7 reported.

Parents Madison and Tyler told the court that Webb was a close family friend and that they had trusted her when they hired her to watch their child, who was just under 2-years-old.

[–] leftascenter@jlai.lu 7 points 2 weeks ago

The prison time is useless. What would really help is a psychiatrist.

[–] redsand 1 points 2 weeks ago

She woln't make it out if others find out why she's there. Her life is over. Even if she gets out she'll be back or OD within weeks.