Furious parents of babies abused by Montessori nursery worker say it is ‘horrendous’ she was deported after serving just 14 months of eight-year sentence

Angry parents of a baby abused by a nursery worker have condemned the decision to send him back to Poland after serving just 15 per cent of an eight-year prison sentence.

Roksana Lecka, 23, carried out a campaign of ‘sadistic abuse’ in which she punched, kicked and slapped 21 babies, aged just 10 months, in two London nurseries.

He admitted seven counts of child cruelty and denied 17 other charges, but jurors found him guilty of 14 offenses during the six months he worked at Twickenham Green Montessori.

Lecka was sentenced to eight years in prison in September 2025 and then deported in February after serving just 14 months behind bars, including time in detention under the Government’s Early Release Scheme.

But he will face no further consequences in his native Poland, although the Ministry of Justice confirmed he has been “banned from returning to the UK for life”.

Parents of Lecka’s victims are now describing his deportation as ‘really hard to accept’ and calling for child abusers not to be eligible for early release.

The Labor Government introduced this plan in 2024 after prisons in the UK became overcrowded.

The father of the child who was physically abused by the kindergarten employee said: BBC: ‘We felt that all the time and emotion that had gone into the trial was undermined.

But the nursery worker was sent back to Poland in February after serving 14 months behind bars and is unlikely to face any further consequences in Eastern Europe.

‘Preparing our witness statements and victim impact statements, going through the trauma of the whole investigation and trial, and being sentenced brought us all a sense of closure that we could move on from now on.

‘But it was a bit of an empty feeling that that sentence wasn’t served.’

Parent also accused the Government of ‘focusing too much on cost savings rather than supporting the principles of the system’.

The mother of one of Lecka’s sons, who left with severe bruises, said she was ‘completely stunned’ to hear the offender had been deported and revealed her child was still traumatised.

The parents of Lecka’s victims were notified of his deportation in less than a week; It was a decision that Twickenham MP Munira Wilson described as “outrageous”.

Whether Lecka will face further consequences in Poland will be determined by the country’s authorities.

During her trial, the 23-year-old tried to justify her behavior by claiming she had been sleepless from smoking marijuana all night with her boyfriend.

He told the court: ‘I can’t remember what I did because I smoked cannabis which affected my memory.’

Lecka was also found to have been abusing babies at a second daycare, but his actions were only revealed when he was sent home for pinching multiple children.

Devastated parents began reporting unexplained injuries to their children in March 2024.

But managers at the Twickenham nursery did not discover Lecka was the culprit and he continued to care for children under two until his arrest on 28 June 2024.

CCTV footage shown in court showed Lecka vaping in a baby sleeping room where at least one child was present.

Lecka was caught vaping inches away from sleeping children in CCTV footage shown in court

He carried out most of the abuse at Twickenham Green Montessori between October 2023 and June 2024.

Meanwhile, shocking police interview footage showed how ‘bored’ the woman looked and showed no emotion as the seriousness of her guilt was revealed.

In one clip, Lecka appeared to be playing with her hair when asked about a baby “on the mattress that appeared to be crying.”

When Lecka did not respond, a female police officer paused and said: ‘I’m sorry, am I boring you?’

Additional footage shows the Poland international repeatedly answering “no comment” to every question posed by police.

The brutal nursery worker showed little to no emotion when shown pictures of the injuries he had caused to children in his care.

The court was told there were no security issues at the time Lecka was hired.

Parents of the victims have previously said they felt “huge feelings of guilt” about sending their babies to Riverside Nursery School in Twickenham, south-west London.

One father said his wife believed Lecka could kill a child; this statement seemed to stun the once impassive defendant.

“As someone who works to protect children, I find it absolutely criminal that Roksana escaped the net and was allowed to work with children,” one father said.

Lecka appeared calm when informed by police that he would be arrested for the attacks

‘My wife believes that if she had not been caught she could have seriously injured or even killed the babies by dropping them on their heads in the cot and kicking them.’

Sentencing Judge Sarah Plaschkes KC told Lecka in September that he should be banned from ever working with children or vulnerable people again.

He said: ‘You committed multiple acts of unprovoked violence.

‘You pinched them, slapped them, punched them, slapped them and kicked them. You pulled his ears, his hair, his toes. You dropped the children headfirst into their cots. You’ve caused bruising and permanent red marks.

‘When you committed these acts of cruelty you would look at other staff to make sure they were not watching you.

‘Most of the time, the child is quietly and happily minding his own business before you deliberately inflict pain that causes the child to cry, bend over, try to escape or squirm in distress.

‘Time and time again you calmly watched the pain and suffering you caused. ‘Your criminal behavior could be described as truly sadistic.’

The Ministry of Justice has been approached for comment.