Nanny Caught Hitting A Baby And Stealing His Food

An Argentinian nanny has been caught hitting a baby and then stealing his food.

The 25-year-old nanny, Eve Mantaras, is currently facing child abuse charges after she was secretly filmed hitting a baby and then stealing his food via a secret nanny camera.

The footage shows her slapping and backhanding the cowering two-year-old, who is seated on a high chair. After which she takes a plate of food that is meant for him and sits down to eat it in front of the hungry boy.

The toddler's mother Cristina Ceril had installed the secret camera in the family home in the city of Parana in the north east of Argentina and linked it to her smartphone.This, she did after she discovered a series of bruises on the toddler.

Neighbours had also earlier warned her that the toddler and his 10-year-old sibling were often heard screaming and were often seen in tears on days when they were left alone with the nanny.

The mother, Mrs Ceril, said: 'We would sometimes hear her with our son crying very early in the morning.

'It now makes my blood run cold to think of what she might have been doing all the while.'

As well as hitting the boy, the nanny also stole his food, sat down and ate it in front of the hungry toddler. 

 "We always thought she was a bit lazy around the house but we never imagined for a second that she was violent too.

'She actually stole my son's food and then hit him for saying he was hungry. She is sick," the mother added.

Police and prosecutors have said the footage will be used as evidence as Mantaras faces criminal assault and child abuse charges.

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