An unlicensed nanny surnamed Xie violently shook the baby girl and blinded her for life. The academy sentenced her to 55 days of detainment for the crime of intentionally injuring a child by an adult, and six years for the crime of intentionally injuring a child by an adult and causing serious injury. .

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[Reporter Wen Yude/Taipei Report] An unlicensed nanny surnamed Xie was entrusted by a friend four years ago to take care of a 3-month-old baby girl around the clock, but was suspected of violently shaking the baby girl, resulting in blindness and developmental delay. Xie's husband was also arrested. Accused of child abuse.

The Shilin District Court announced today that she was sentenced to 55 days in prison for the crime of intentionally injuring a child by an adult, and six years in prison for the crime of intentionally injuring a child by an adult. To abuse, to know not guilty.

The entire case is still subject to appeal.

The lawsuit alleges that Xie Nv has been entrusted by the baby girl's father since January 28, 2019, to take care of the baby girl around the clock from Monday to Friday. On the evening of February 13 of the same year, Xie Nv hurt the baby girl at her residence, causing bruises on both sides of her chin. Qing; from the 14th to the 17th, due to the Lunar New Year period, the parents of the baby girl took her back to take care of herself.

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However, on the evening of the 17th, the baby girl was sent back to Nv Xie’s home; on the evening of the 19th, Nv Xie’s husband returned home from work, and because Nv Xie went out to take out the trash, the husband assisted in taking care of the baby girl for about an hour, but he shook the baby violently and used Other unknown methods but sufficient to cause intracranial concussion in the baby girl, harming the baby girl.

The baby girl fell into a coma that night, and Xie's husband hurriedly sent the baby girl to Mackay Hospital in Tamsui for emergency treatment. The baby girl was diagnosed with subdural hemorrhage and bilateral retinal hemorrhage.

The baby girl was then hospitalized for 10 days and was diagnosed with retinal hemorrhage, abusive head trauma and more before being discharged.

Although the baby girl later underwent submeningeal peritoneal drainage and continued treatment, she still suffered from brain atrophy, developmental delay, and blindness in both eyes due to brain injury.

But Nv Xie denied the crime, saying that shortly after she left home, she received a call from her husband saying that the baby girl had been sent to the hospital for emergency treatment; Returning to the scene, the baby girl could not be woken up.

The Shilin District Prosecutor's Office refused to accept the couple and prosecuted them for the crime of intentionally causing serious injury to a child by an adult.

During the trial of the Academy of Scholars, the couple maintained their innocence, and the collegial panel summoned the expert, Dr. Qiu Nanchang, to testify in court that, according to the results of computerized tomography scans, if the baby girl bleeds multiple times, the blood will show different colors at different time points, but I didn't see this situation, so it was a one-time external force intervention.

The collegiate panel pronounced the verdict today and provided the reasons for the verdict, saying that the baby girl was only 3 months old at the time of the incident. As a nanny, Xie Nv should have fulfilled her duties and cared for her carefully, but she hurt the baby girl, making it difficult for the baby girl to grow up soundly. The parents of the baby girl are in pain and are responsible for follow-up care. Xie Nv denies the crime and refuses to reconcile with the baby girl's parents at the same time. She will be sentenced according to law.

As for Xie's husband, the collegial panel ruled that he was not guilty because there was not enough evidence to prove that he had contact or interacted with the baby girl.

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