‘She deserves to pay for what she did’ – furious parents blast disgraced Hyde & Seek creche owner after court settlement | KMW003E | 2024-05-01 00:08:01
'She deserves to pay for what she did' – furious parents blast disgraced Hyde & Seek creche owner after court settlement | KMW003E | 2024-05-01 00:08:01
THE mum of one of the kids allegedly mistreated by disgraced creche owner Anne Davy insisted: "She deserves to pay for what she did."
Shamed Davy dodged jail in 2022 despite being secretly filmed "roughly" handling a toddler.
The 69-year-old, who was exposed on TV in July 2019 for shocking standards at her Hyde & Seek crèche chain, was fined then €4,000 after pleading guilty at Dublin District Court to breaching three childcare regulations.
But, despite avoiding jail in January 2022, The Irish Sun told how Davy then faced a raft of claims from outraged families over breaches of the childcare regulations.
Over 40 children, who sued through their parents, took High Court claims over their alleged treatment at Hyde & Seek creche childcare.
The families last week settled High Court actions for a total of €615,000, with each child awarded €15,000.
Approving the settlements, Mr Justice Paul Coffey said they were distressing cases. The settlements, reached after mediation, are without an admission of liability.
Speaking to The Irish Sun last night, one parent said of Davy: "Through the criminal case and the High Court cases, I believe she deserved tougher punishment.
"She deserves to pay for what she did. I'm still furious about the way she treated the children.
"It is traumatic for me just thinking about it, never mind what actually happened to the poor children."
Hyde & Seek Childcare has been owned and run for years by the Davy family.
Anne was fined for three breaches of childcare legislation, including roughly handling a child while putting him down for a nap, at her Tolka Road facility on May 8, 2019.
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