A NURSERY teacher has been jailed for stabbing children with paper clips during nap time in central China.
The 22-year-old jabbed more than 20 students on their arms, legs and buttocks if they didn't go to sleep when instructed.
Lan told the Baqiao People's Court at a hearing that she was trying to scare the misbehaving children and regretted her actions.
"I am very, very sorry. I understand that I mismanaged the children," she the court on January 29 before she was sentenced to eight months behind bars on Tuesday.
Disturbing CCTV footage showed Lan holding down two students at the pre-school in Xi'an city's Yanta district in Shaanxi province last June.
EIGHT MONTHS
According to a statement released by the Baqiao People's Court, the woman, who is a recent university graduate in education, grossly mistreated and abused the children under her care.
"As a parent myself, I am deeply angered by the defendant's behaviour," the judge told the court.
She was also seen grabbing onto a boy and jabbing him on the thigh, arm, bottom and back as he squirms and tries to free himself.
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One of the parents started to raise concerns about children being mistreated after her daughter came home one day with needle marks on her arm.
The girl told her mother that the teacher jabbed her with paper clips.
All the injured students were taken to hospital for treatment.
According to Chinese law, a person could be jailed for up to three years for abusing those under his/her care, including children, the elderly, patients and people with disabilities.
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