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Scandal in the kindergarten: daycare employee appeals!
Following the allegations of forced feeding at the Nesselröden daycare center, the appeal hearing begins on Monday in the Göttingen regional court.
Scandal in the kindergarten: daycare employee appeals!
In Nesselröden, a small town in the Göttingen district, a daycare center employee is once again in the public eye. The defendant, who works in the Catholic parish of St. Georg, faces serious allegations. In March 2024, she was sentenced by the Duderstadt district court to 110 daily rates of 40 euros each for force feeding five small children and depriving one child of her liberty. This fine adds up to a total of 4,400 euros. Now the woman has filed an appeal and the case is being reopened, which is causing a lot of conversation. [Göttinger Tageblatt]. waiting days for negotiations.
The charges are serious because the incidents occurred between September 2021 and July 2022. The public prosecutor accuses the social assistant of using force to force children to eat and sleep, which even resulted in one whining child being locked in a cloakroom. Although the defendant was acquitted of coercion in another case, the public prosecutor's office insists on the seriousness of the allegations NDR.
The appeal hearing
The appeal hearing will take place at the Göttingen Regional Court and the allegations will be substantiated with new evidence and witness interviews. In this context, around 30 witnesses, including former colleagues and parents of the children affected, are being interviewed. In addition, four co-plaintiffs are involved in the process. The affected daycare worker has not yet given any further reasons for her appeal. In the run-up to the proceedings, her employer emphasized the presumption of innocence, while the co-plaintiffs had called for a professional ban - but this was rejected by the judge [RND](https://www.rnd.de/panorama/kita-arbeiterin-strengt-kinder-zum-essen-und- Schlafen-so-hat-das-gericht-geprut-OHJSJNNYOJKZPEM4I3J3ZJCVTM.html).
The regional court's decision is expected in January 2026, which gives the case a lot of staying power. There could be restrictions on childcare times during the hearings if several educators are called as witnesses. The trial promises to be an exciting chapter in the lives of the children affected and their families and remains a critical issue in Nesselröden.