The 21-year-old nanny was arrested later.
A nanny has been arrested in New York after she allegedly burned a two-year old Indian American baby boy with a hot curling iron, according to media reports quoting police.
The incident was captured by a security camera and footage shows the nanny, Nasipho Nxumalo, deliberately holding the iron against the toddler and burning him.
The incident came to light when the baby’s mother, Angela Persaud, noticed the signs of the burning on her son Alexandr’s hand and feet and checked the security camera video in their home in the New York suburb of Baldwin.
“You see her with the curling iron, and she touches it to make sure that it’s hot,” Persaud told WABC. “And then when he jumps because it burns him, she continues to touch his foot again and then goes for his hand.”
“You can tell that she’s telling him, ‘That’s what happens when you don’t listen,’ and then she hugs him,” Persaud said.
“So she’s playing these warped mind games with my child, and it’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever witnessed in my life,” she added.
After reviewing the footage, Persaud called police and the 21-year-old nanny was arrested later.
According to the court documents, Nxumalo admitted to the attack, saying “It was a long week and I was tired. The child wouldn’t listen so I wanted to discipline him with the iron, so I burned him with it.”
The incident took place while the child’s parents were at work and the nanny was looking after the baby. The injuries of the toddler are not serious.
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