Nightmare scenes all too common

Routinely described as every parents’ nightmare, there is nothing to instil fear in working parents like their children coming to harm at the hands of a minder, au pair or nanny.

Nightmare scenes all too common
Fri, 25 Jan, 2013 - 00:00
Claire O'Sullivan

Most people over 30 remember the baby-face pictures of English au pair, Louise Woodward, as she sat in court looking stunned.

Here are some of the more notorious cases:

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CourtsAisling Brady McCarthyPlace: AtlanticPlace: BritainPlace: New YorkPlace: Upper West SidePlace: PolandPlace: LondonPlace: HarlesdenPlace: RyePlace: Westchester CountyPerson: Louise WoodwardPerson: WoodwardPerson: Matthew EappenPerson: MatthewPerson: LouisePerson: Yoselyn OrtegaPerson: Marina KrimPerson: KrimPerson: LuciaPerson: LeoPerson: OrtegaPerson: Ewa NowakowskaPerson: AdleyePerson: NowakowskaPerson: JonathanPerson: Anne FranklinPerson: Peggy DunnePerson: Ann FranklinPerson: DunnesPerson: FranklinsPerson: KieranPerson: FranklinPerson: Kieran DunnePerson: Olivia RinerPerson: FischersPerson: KristieOrganisation: Church of the ResurrectionOrganisation: FBI
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