€50,000 for girl left scarred after soup fell on her

A four-year-old schoolgirl who was left scarred after she was burnt on the chest by hot soup in a crèche, has been awarded €50,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Barrister Justin McQuade told the court that Priscilla Tchokoualeu Tola was still a baby in October 2011 when she attended the Little Harvard Crèche at Captain’s Hill, Leixlip, Co Kildare.

Mr McQuade told Circuit Court President Mr Justice Raymond Groarke that a bowl of hot soup had been left by a crèche worker within Priscilla’s reach.