{"id":5780,"date":"2019-09-21T23:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T23:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=5780"},"modified":"2019-09-21T23:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T23:58:36","slug":"cruelty-nigerian-73-year-old-nanny-in-america-oluremi-adeleye-sentenced-to-40-years-first-degree-child-abuse-jail-for-killing-an-8-month-old-by-force-feeding-her-bottles-of-milk-maryland-reside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/cruelty-nigerian-73-year-old-nanny-in-america-oluremi-adeleye-sentenced-to-40-years-first-degree-child-abuse-jail-for-killing-an-8-month-old-by-force-feeding-her-bottles-of-milk-maryland-reside\/","title":{"rendered":"CRUELTY: Nigerian 73-year old Nanny in America, OLUREMI ADELEYE Sentenced to 40 years first-degree child abuse jail…for Killing an 8-month-old by force-feeding her bottles of milk *Maryland resident suspect confinement was imposed for 15 years * Adeleye, a mother of five and grandmother of 10, said that feeding children so they don’t go hungry is customary in her home country of Nigeria and she didn’t mean to hurt the baby *Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy: ‘No winners or losers in this case. Nothing that could have happened here today could have brought them the justice that they want, which is to have their little girl with them. She would’ve been three years old had she lived. She deserved to grow up. She deserved to have a life, to fulfill her dreams, and all of that was cut short by the reckless actions of someone who was supposed to care for her. The judge imposed a fair sentence’ * “Realistically, I don’t know if she’s going to be able to make it through a 15-year sentence, quite honestly. Unlike what the family said, she feels terribly about what happened. And prior to this event, she had been very caring for that child\u201d- Douglas Wood, Adeleye’s attorney BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CRUELTY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigerian\n73-year old Nanny in America, OLUREMI ADELEYE Sentenced to 40 years\nfirst-degree child abuse jail…for Killing an 8-month-old by\nforce-feeding her bottles of milk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Maryland\nresident suspect confinement was imposed for\n15 years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nAdeleye, a mother of five and\ngrandmother of 10, said that feeding children so they don’t go hungry\nis customary in her home country of Nigeria and she didn’t mean to\nhurt the baby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy: ‘No winners or losers in this case. Nothing that could have happened here today could have brought them the justice that they want, which is to have their little girl with them. She would’ve been three years old had she lived. She deserved to grow up. She deserved to have a life, to fulfill her dreams, and all of that was cut short by the reckless actions of someone who was supposed to care for her. The judge imposed a fair sentence’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n“Realistically, I don’t know if she’s going to be able to make\nit through a 15-year sentence, quite honestly. Unlike what the family\nsaid, she feels terribly about what happened. And prior to this\nevent, she had been very caring for that child\u201d- Douglas Wood,\nAdeleye’s attorney<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\nGEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHE IS AN\nILLITERATE NIGERIAN WOMAN RESIDENT IN MARYLAND AND WORKING AS A\nNANNY, TAKING CARE OF AN AMERICAN TODDLER. But her attempts to\nforcefully gave milk to this infant which resulted in the child’s\ndeath landed her in court and jail where she has been sentenced to 40\nyears and may eventually die in the process due to her old age.\nOluremi Adeleye is embattled and may have come to her wit’s end.\nCourt documents showed this woman killed an 8-month-old, Enitan\nSalubi by force feeding her bottles of milk. Now, she will spend\ndecades in prison. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\n73-year-old nanny received a decades-long sentence in prison Friday\nin the 2016 death of 8-month-old, officials said. Adeleye was found\nguilty in February of second-degree murder, first-degree child abuse\nresulting in death and second-degree child abuse. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adeleye\nwas sentenced to 40 years for first-degree child abuse — confinement\nwas imposed for 15 years. She received a sentence of 30 years, all\nbut 15 suspended, for the second-degree murder conviction.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adeleye also\nreceived 15 years, all but three years suspended, for the\nsecond-degree child abuse charge. But Adeleye’s attorney, Douglas\nWood argued that he believes the sentence was “harsh” in a\npress conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Realistically,\nI don’t know if she’s going to be able to make it through a 15-year\nsentence, quite honestly,” Wood said. “Unlike what the\nfamily said, she feels terribly about what happened. And prior to\nthis event, she had been very caring for that child.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prince George’s\nCounty State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said there were no “winners\nor losers” in this case. His words: “Nothing that could’ve\nhappened here today could’ve really brought them the justice that\nthey want, which is to have their little girl with them,”\nBraveboy said. “She would’ve been three years old had she\nlived.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Braveboy\nbelieves the judge imposed a fair sentence. “She deserved to\ngrow up,” Braveboy said. “She deserved to have a life, to\nfulfill her dreams, and all of that was cut short by the reckless\nactions of someone who was supposed to care for her. And so we\nunderstand that miss Oluremi did not mean to kill baby Enita, but she\nshould have known that her actions could have cause serious bodily\nharm, and in this case, death.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the\nsentencing Friday, Braveboy said the family is still mourning the\nloss of their daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We hope\nthat they find some peace and some comfort as they move forward with\ntheir lives,” Braveboy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nanny camera\ncaptured the incident between Adeleye and the baby on video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense lawyers\nfor Adeleye, who was arrested under her married name of Oluremi\nOyindasola, said she was \u201ccup feeding\u201d the child. They described\nit as pouring liquid into the hand to give the child food when they\nneed to eat, but don’t want to, according to the Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adeleye, a mother\nof five and grandmother of 10, said that feeding children so they\ndon’t go hungry is customary in her home country of Nigeria and she\ndidn’t mean to hurt the baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I did what\nI needed to do to make sure the baby had food in the stomach,”\nshe said through an interpreter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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