A BABYSITTER who kicked baby twins and covered their mouths with a blanket has been jailed for a month.
McKenna Newell, 21, of West Valley City, Utah, was captured on nanny camera as she attacked the five-month-old girls.
She will serve 30 days in jail and a further 36 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of child abuse.
Newell will also be forced to pay a $5,000 fine and undertake 500 hours of community service.
She was also required her to attend anger management classes as part of her sentence on October 4, KIRO7 reported.
Newell was arrested in January after the father of the twins she was taking care of saw the vile abuse on nanny cam.
Court documents said the video showed Newell as she tried to stop one of the twins from crying.
She put a blanket over the child’s nose and mouth before picking her up and shaking her.
Newell then put the child back down into her crib.
Soon after she picked up the baby again after she started crying and laid her down next to her sister on the floor.
But when the girl cried for a third time Newell kicked the child in the ribs and struck her legs.
She then carried out the same vicious attack on the other twin.
Newell was also seen “aggressively causing her head to bounce forward” earlier in the day.
Fortunately the children were not seriously hurt in the incident.
The nanny turned herself into authorities where she told police she was “frustrated” and “didn’t know what to do”.
Newell claimed not to remember committing the vile attacks.
She has since been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and has started treatment.
She lost her patience. She didn’t deal with it in a healthy manner.
West Jordan Police Sergeant JC Holt
West Jordan Police Sergeant JC Holt described the shocking scenes as a parent’s “worst fear”.
“Especially with somebody you know that you’ve left that child in their care,” he added.
Mr. Holt said: “She lost her patience. She didn’t deal with it in a healthy manner.
“I think that all of us as adults, we can be susceptible to that at times.
“It’s not excusable and it’s not okay, that’s why we handled the case the way that we did.”
Newell was initially charged with two felony counts of child abuse.
One was dropped and the other was lowered to a third degree count as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
