Childminder who unintentionally broke baby's arm when trying to distract her from crying avoids jail

An 18-year-old childminder told gardaí that she unintentionally broke the arm of her one-year-old baby niece when trying to frighten the baby in order to distract her from crying.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Det. Sgt Claire O’Shaughnessy said that the Latvian childminder and baby girl's aunt - now aged 20 - told gardaí in an interview that she “twisted the baby’s arm a little bit in the elbow area” to try to make her calm down.