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An MP has pledged to make nurseries safer after a horrific abuse case at a nursery in Twickenham exposed “frightening gaps” in safeguarding.

Roksana Lecka, 22, was convicted of 21 counts of child cruelty at Twickenham Green Montessori nursery , which is part of the Riverside Nursery group.

Lecka, from Hounslow , west London, was sentenced to eight years in prison at Kingston Crown Court on September 26.

The nursery worker’s actions were described as “gratuitous” and “sadistic” by Judge Sarah Plaschkes KC.

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