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Six Year Prison Sentence For Ontario Daycare Operator Convicted In Child's Death

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 May, 2016 10:15 AM
    TORONTO — A Toronto-area daycare provider convicted of manslaughter in a toddler's death has been sentenced to six years in prison.
     
    April Luckese was found guilty in March in the death of 14-month-old Duy-An Nguyen after a judge determined she lost her patience and assaulted the child, causing a skull fracture.
     
    The little girl was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in Luckese's home — an unlicensed daycare centre — on Jan. 5, 2011. She died in hospital two days later.
     
    Justice Gordon Lemon, in delivering his sentence, said he has no doubt that Luckese "is a good person who did a bad thing."
     
    But he also said Luckese and her family were only one half of a tragedy, as Duy-An's parents lost their first child through no fault of theirs.
     
    Taking into account time spent in pre-trial custody, Luckese has to serve a term of five years and 11 months in prison.

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