Trial against a nursery teacher for mistreating small children in Munich

A daycare teacher who is accused of physical and mental abuse of small children has remained silent about the allegations in court. Therefore, the police officer first described the difficult investigations, which nevertheless produced a consistent picture: The small children had to continue wearing their wet clothes, were shouted at and roughly grabbed by the arm, the officer described in front of the Munich district court.

The fact that they were denied food was also present in the statements, as were insults. The public prosecutor went even further in her accusation. The 58-year-old is said to have threatened a two-year-old child with the words "I'll kill you" - which a witness later confirmed. The defendant grabbed another two-year-old by the wrist and threw him to the ground, causing the little one to suffer an injury that required treatment. The teacher also insulted and degraded children partly because of their origin or lack of knowledge of German.

Eleven cases charged

The defendant was in charge of a group in which the majority were children between the ages of one and three. At irregular but increasing intervals between April 2024 and the time of her release in July 2025, she is said to have physically and verbally punished children against whom she had an aversion. According to the prosecutor, the consequences were physical and/or mental pain for the children.

The woman is therefore charged with eleven counts of mistreating those under her protection; one case was taken up at short notice. Initially, the head of the daycare center was also charged with aiding and abetting by omission because she was said to have known about incidents but did nothing. However, the proceedings have now been temporarily stopped in exchange for payment of a fine and attendance at a violence prevention course for daycare center management.